Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And the cameras 2 >if i go over my older pigs onb the LUG and compare them to the ones i did last year i canoty fail to notice the inferiority of the digital imaging.If somebody would like to see proof i,ll gladly post examples to prove my case. Don't get me wron g I'm quite happy with a fast SLR again. BD was right when het noticed it is better suited for my eyesight. The most annooying thing about the flagship canon's and lenses is their poor performance agaonst the light . A M3 with a Noctilux at f11 will blow any modern lens camera combo out of the water. Sure one could fire multibrackets at 1/8000 and reconstruct an image but the result is not the same.The leica will produce an image that is close to what you remembered seeing.The digital construct might show more but will look unreal. To be honoust as an amateur i cannot justify the cost of a M8 with a good lens. Also with a Canon i can push the envelope as Don used to say a bit further and experiment more easily.Sorry for the longish post, seasons greetings simon On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM, tl <tlianza@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi to all, > > > > I gave my son his first big boy camera for Christmas this year. It was a > Nikon D60 which was very appropriate for his photographic talents to > develop. He was looking at some lenses and he was astounded that they cost > more than the camera body. I had to point out to him that we own the > lenses > forever, it's the camera body that goes out of production. I have lenses > that I used on my Nikon F purchased in 1969 that work on my Nikon D3 today, > albeit without auto focus and auto exposure. For the centennial, I would > vote for images from Leica glass. This would expand our family of > potential photographers who have Canon or 4/3s bodies fitted with Canon > Glass. I think that it is a tribute to Leica's optical prowess to see the > lengths photographers go to put that glass on modern digital bodies. It is > the Leica glass that is enduring. That's my two cents. > > > > Regards, > > Tom L > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >