Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, Nah! I f you have the money and you enjoy sitting for hours at your computer manipulating images on PS or LR, then have at it! For me, I spend about 9.5 hours a day at work at a computer (including lunchtime). I dinna wish to spend more time at my home computer. Jerry Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Citing the inadequacies of mechanical Leicas does not make the M8 more > reliable. It just points out that in recent times the troubled Leica > company had neither the funds or resources to adequately test its > cameras before releasing them to the market. The assertion that the M8 > has the best image quality of any $4750 camera is totally unsupported > by pictures posted on the LUG. Aside form the fact that it is > difficult to judge the nuances of image quality from a computer > screen, the photos don't appear to be superior to those taken with > film cameras using the same or equivalent glass. Tell the truth Ted, > Tina, and Sonny. Are your pictures any better now than they were when > you used old fashioned film? > > This is not meant to restart a film vs. digital conflict. However M8 > apologists provide one of the most blatant displays of cognitive > dissonance since the publication of the Surgeon General's report on > the dangers of smoking. If you spend nearly $5000 on a camera simply > to use your Leica lenses, you better convince yourself that it is the > best thing since sliced bread. Otherwise you might think yourself > foolish for replacing a film camera that you already own that gave > excellent results. > > Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > L