Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/18

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Subject: [Leica] Canon 30D?
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed Jan 18 10:51:07 2006

Again, Jim, if it makes you happy, it's the way to go. ;-)


On 1/18/06 1:18 PM, "Jim Laurel" <jplaurel@spectare.com> wrote:

> 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. ;-)
> 
> 
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