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Subject: [Leica] Re: Full-frame 13.5 mpixel budget digital Leica available NOW
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)
Date: Fri Jun 20 08:35:32 2008
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This was original problematic digital! Even before the M8 debacle! Great 
history to own one, you'll know why Kodak stopped making them.

So is it still advised to get 2 of them? One for work and one for throwing 
across the room when the model and art director has refused to wait 20 more 
seconds while you "start her up".

I know a studio photographer still using one. Yep, 200iso, keep it on a 
tripod and 30x40 prints look damn good.

Chris



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kyle Cassidy"
Subject: [Leica] Full-frame 13.5 mpixel budget digital Leica available NOW


>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....
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] Lens Sale)
In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] Full-frame 13.5 mpixel budget digital Leica available NOW)