Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/27

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Photokina Report (+ smidge on ZI and CV) **WITHCORRECT URL LINK**
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed Sep 27 09:35:55 2006

Indeed.


On 9/27/06 12:29 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:

> Isn't it really GREAT to have to products competing in the same space?
> And responding to each other?
> 
> Adobe really had to hustle their buns when Aperture came out - and
> Lightroom revealed how much Aperture could do that it hadn't bothered
> with. So we're getting some real choice and with feedback to both
> development teams we're getting products that are evolving quickly.
> 
> This makes me happy!
> 
> Adam
> 
> On 9/27/06, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote:
>> While there are some great features in Aperture that I wish Lightroom had,
>> at this point I think Lightroom has definitely pulled ahead.
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/27/06 10:07 AM, "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Steve and Dave,
>>> First, I thought that I remembered that Brian's brother worked on 
>>> Aperture.
>>> Second, Adobe has been working on a competitive product called Light 
>>> Room.
>>> In February Adobe's product seemed better.  There are beta versions for 
>>> both
>>> Apple and PC free on the web.
>>> 
>>> Don
>>> don.dory@gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 9/27/06, David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I could live with just about any shutter sound. After a dozen or so
>>>> frames I'd be used to it. If the M8 handles like a classic M, and from
>>>> all reports it sounds like it does, I'm sold.
>>>> 
>>>> The most interesting thing I read in Dave's blog was that he might buy a
>>>> Mac just to use Apple's software. Is computer hardware becoming so
>>>> inexpensive that it makes sense to buy a system simply for an
>>>> application? Or can an application be so good that it justifies the cost
>>>> of a different system?
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Steve Barbour [mailto:kididdoc@cox.net]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:14 PM
>>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Photokina Report (+ smidge on ZI and CV)
>>>> **WITHCORRECT URL LINK**
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 26, 2006, at 3:06 PM, David Keenan wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I have just blogged both words and pictures this evening from Cologne
>>>>> reporting on my first afternoon at Photokina.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have much to say about the M8, R-D1, and just a smidge on Zeiss
>>>>> Ikon and
>>>>> Cosina/Voigtlander.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Travel to my blog to read and see <http://www.david-keenan.com/
>>>>> euroblog>.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please comment here in this thread for others to read if you are so
>>>>> inclined.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Crank up your speakers, the first sound is the M7 and the second one
>>>> is from the M8, courtesy of DP Review: http://www.dpreview.com/
>>>> articles/LeicaM8/Samples/Audio/m7-then-m8.mp3
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Steve
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dave.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> My Photography: http://www.david-keenan.com
>>>>> My Blog: http://www.david-keenan.com/euroblog
>>>>> 
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