Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was going to post about this a while back but I wanted to put together a great portfolio with it first -- but there is an oft forgot full frame 13.5 mpixel digital Leica that you can get NOW (NOW! NOW! NOW!) on a budget -- the DSLRN: http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2007/leica-dcs1.jpg Here's a photo from it with the sigma 12-24 at 12mm: http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/dslrn.jpg The DSLRN which came out at the same time as the full frame canon -- but was a bit cheaper (and y'all forgot completely about it). There were multiple reasons that people chose the canon at the time -- and the DSLRN croaked -- the downsides of the DSLRN are: 1) lots of noise above 200 asa 2) relatively low battery life (you need to pack multiple batteries) 3) very slow camera startup time -- like 20 seconds slow 4) has some majenta pollution (which shouldn't bother digital leica users much) But if you're willing to put up with those idiosyncrasies (and what leica user isn't used to that?) you can find them on the used market for around $300. That's right THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. The un-re-badging to get the proper logo on the front only costs about twenty five cents. Keep the ISO to 200, get some extra batteries and you'll be fine. Kyle "I would never use anything but a leica" cassidy I'm going to sit back and watch them all vanish from KEH.com now....