Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Walt, On Dec 8, 2006, at 8:27 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Eric > > I certainly can't disagree with your reasons for going digital but > just for the heck of it don't get that M8 yet. > > Get a Nikon Coolscan for $600 and let Walgreens process your film > (no prints, process only) for $2.15 a roll. After that, you can > decide on color or b&w while sitting in front of your PC. An Epson > 1280 for $300 will turn out a fine 11x14 and if you get after > market inks the print is archival. (whatever that is supposed to > mean) This will let you save $4000 so get a $400 Canon from Target > and put away the rest for a nice trip to Vegas. :-) This approach makes a lot of sense, especially considering bang for the buck. I have an M8, but still use (and will continue to use) my film Leicas. The M8 workflow is far, far faster. My M8 color results for color are clearly better than I got from film (I am primarily a black and white shooter, I never really nailed that color thing...). In black and white, I think film is still the benchmark quality standard. That said, the M8 is the best digital camera I've used for black and white, and I definitely prefer it to black and white conversions of scanned color negatives (I've really tried, but that's just never done much for me). I have the coolscan, I have an old Epson printer, and I've done exactly what you're describing. And I've done the Canon. And I feel like the M8 is actually worth every penny I spent on it. For far too many interrelated reasons that I don't understand well enough to even discuss, I'm getting better results from it, and that's the whole point. Until later, Clyde Rogers