[Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

Wait as long as you want, Jeffery, but shutter lag is no longer an issue
when it comes to the 'pro' DSLRs. And far from remaining constant, price has
dropped as megpixel count has risen.


On 4/23/06 11:18 AM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:

> When I pondered buying my first digital (an ugly model made by Kodak), I 
> had
> to ponder the question "Do I really need 3.1 megapixels?" Since then, the
> megapixel count has steadily increased while the price has remained sort of
> constant. I'm holding off until the sensors get larger and the shutter lag
> gets shorter.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
> Ridings
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:12 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya
> 
> 
> This was my point too, Jayanand.
> 
> In 10 years, it will be a camera no one wants.
> 
> Under a dusty chair in my colleagues office is the first digital
> (professional) camera we bought. It is a Canon. Some Canon 1 this-or-that.
> It has a Kodak digital back and a SCSI communication with the outside 
> world.
> It cost a fortune. Obsolete, obsolete, obsolete.
> 
> Just like every single Olympus will be in 12 years. But non a Leica M.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On 4/23/06, Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net> wrote:
>> BD,
>> Your Olympus will get obsolete (at least in your own mind) much
>> faster.... Jayanand
>> 
>> 
>> B. D. Colen wrote:
>> 
>>> Gave it to my son. And by the way, yr M2 will outlast my Olympus
>>> because of build quality - but it, the M2, will still be an artifact
>>> of a long gone era. ___
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>>> ...... Original Message .......
>>> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:31:49 +0200 "Daniel Ridings"
>>> <dlridings@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> "On 4/22/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> "> ...  My point had less than nothing to do with build
>>> "> quality. :-)
>>> "
>>> "Neither did mine. I was talking about your Olympus become obsolete
>>> "before my M2. The M2 will last several generations of Olympus.
>>> "
>>> "> Shoot on!
>>> "
>>> "Agreed! That's where it gets fun.
>>> "
>>> "On another note ... whatever happened to your Retina IIIc ?
>>> "
>>> "Best,
>>> "Daniel
>>> "
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