Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/03

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Subject: [Leica] Am I wasting my time/money?
From: s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)
Date: Sun Sep 3 00:48:28 2006
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I disagree one could buy a used M3 an old lens say  a tele elmar load it 
with a convenient film like Kodak BW400CN and have it processed and 
digitized at a local shop within half a day.
The end result will in many respects blow a 8+mp DSLR out of the water at 
asa 400 at least.
best simon

> George,
> In that case the Leica set up is hardly worth it - my take is that the 
> ease/quality of digital today means that there is no reason, if you so 
> wish, to shoot colour film in the 35mm equivalent format. Black and white 
> may be a reason to stick with film, as would medium/large format, 
> panoramics (6x12,6x17), and other such niche exotica. I, personally, have 
> made up my mind that I will probably never buy a 35mm film camera again.
> Cheers
> Jayanand Govindaraj
> Chennai, India
>
>
> Lottermoser George wrote:
>
>> For starters - If you shot Kodachrome 25 with the 100/apo elmarit -  the 
>> only way to compare the two original images digitally would be if  you 
>> had the chrome drum scanned by a professional with his/her  equipment 
>> fully tuned up.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george@imagist.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2006, at 3:04 PM, Aram Langhans wrote:
>>
>>> So, did I waste $400 that I should have spent on a good digital  SLR, 
>>> perhaps even a DMR?  Are we all wasting our time with film?
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from gwpics at googlemail.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Am I wasting my time/money?)
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