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Subject: [Leica] Canon 30D?
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Wed Jan 18 08:36:49 2006
References: <BFF3CEAA.B063%bdcolen@comcast.net>

Right, but, at least for me, buying a first generation digital M 
won't mean buying into an entirely new system and it will be a system 
that I enjoy using.

I seem to be unable to express adequately just how much I dislike 
hauling around these over-sized, over-weight, over-automated, 
computers that pass for cameras these days.


>But let's be honest here - when you get the M digital body you are stepping
>on precisely the same treadmill. By the time it comes out, it will already
>be last year's technology, if that. The question is whether that technology
>is good enough for you for the foreseeable future. And that brings us to the
>question of how real the "digital treadmill" really is. Does one need to
>continually trade up? I'd suggest again that the 20D produces terrific
>results, and unless one has a specific problem or need, the introduction of
>the 30D shouldn't cause 20D owners to lose sleep. Think about how much of
>this is really just the latest example of the "mine's bigger than yours"
>phenomenon. What this really reminds me of is the annual introduction of the
>new car models each fall in the 50s and 60s - God forbid the neighbor has
>tail fins bigger than yours. ;-)
>
>
>On 1/17/06 8:53 PM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>  Jim Laurel wrote:
>>
>>>  The digital treadmill marches on...  Damn, I'm tired of it.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>  Me, too.  ...and it's why I'm still shooting film.  I can wait this
>>  out.  We'll certainly have good digital bodies for our M lenses in a
>>  few years.  The digital M is beginning to look like a sure thing and
>>  given the rumors, we may well have a Zeiss-Ikon digital and maybe
>>  even another Epson digital to choose from.
>>
>>  Besides,
>>
>>  - I enjoy using my M7 and M3.
>>
>>  - Competent DSLRs and lenses are all BIG.  I hate carrying big
>>  cameras and lenses around.
>>
>>  - Film is easily processed and digitized.
>>
>>  - No new camera is going to help improve my ability to see and
>>  produce good prints, my primary interests at the moment.
>>
>>  - $4,500 spent on a 5D and a couple of Canon lenses today (I almost
>>  did this) is $4,500 less I'll have to spend on a digital M two years
>>  from now.
>>
>>  I just picked up a used 28mm Summicron.  It'll make a great "36mm"
>>  lens on my digital M.
>>
>>  Regards.
>>
>>  Dick
>>  Boston MA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>  On Jan 17, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Some of you might be interested in this:
>>>>
>>>>  Rumours: Canon EOS 30D to be announced end of February?
>>>>
>>>>  http://www.photoscala.com/node/view/1204
>>>>
>>>>  This is a site my photo processor told me about last week and I've
>>>>  just started to check into from time to time.
>>>>  --
>>>>  Regards,
>>>>
>>>>  Dick
>>>>  Boston MA
>>>>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick

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