Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, Nathan - Thanks for your inputs - I appreciate the help. I'm aware of the slippery slope - I expect to jump full on later - I've been living with the hybrid approach for years now. I have a 3.2 gig machine with 2GB ram for running PS7, along with a scanner and printer for output, but have been living with film as I also shoot 4x5 for a lot of my scenic work, and frankly; I have not been prepared to give up the convenience and quality of the M6 for 35mm work. My last outing in Florida - through airports and now film processing - is making me rethink it all. I find that I have no interest in trying fine art work with 35mm, preferring my Rollei SL66 or my 4x5 for that more contemplative stuff, and use the 35mm more and more as a record keeping and family snap shot camera. I'm almost embarrassed to use a M6 for happy snaps, sorta like buying a SL500 just for going to get groceries. I'm sure that I'll have to get one of those 80GB transfer devices to offload the cards on the road, and I'll be making more CD's to keep the stuff off the computer - and some other means of mass storage to handle the bulk of data, eventually . . . . For now though the idea of a snapshot digital camera that has most of the Leica quality is essential - I need to do more path-finding regarding a full digital work flow, and see if it suits me - or just stay with film based. The D-Lux 3 seems like a fairly inexpensive way to make the foray into that terrain, and I suspect that it will prove to be quite enjoyable. Worst case is it will become the snap shot camera that I take to Costco for 4x6 prints - best case - It will sway me completely to the digital realm! Thanks again - I appreciate the comments, Norm