[Leica] Canon 30D?

[jplaurel at spectare.com (Jim Laurel)]

Yes, but one I'll be glad to be on because the digi M will have the  
right form factor - a "proper" camera.  ;-)  And also, Leica will rev  
it slower than Canon, Nikon et al.  There's something nice about that.

My very first M6 is as nice to use as ever - actually even better  
after Sherry Krauter cleaned out all the desert sand and overhauled  
it for me.  But the early digital stuff that I didn't sell early  
enough when I had the chance is just junk.  And none of those  
outmoded lumps of plastic have ever given me the results as good as I  
get from the old M6.

I sometimes wonder what this list is all about.  It seems more like  
the Canon fanboy list than the LUG these days.

--Jim

On Jan 18, 2006, at 7:53 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> 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. ;-)