Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31

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Subject: [Leica] Digital point and shoot
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:57:13 +0200
References: <C8793E1A.126B%mark@rabinergroup.com>

You're getting rather tiresome, Mark.

Nathan Wajsman
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On Jul 31, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> A normal lens for a G11 would be a 9.5mm lens!! You sure you want to 
> mention
> this toy in the same sentence paragraph or page as a Leica M9 or m8?
> 
> Its like saying you cant afford an M6 so you are buying a Minox IIIs
> (8x11mm format) 
> Does not compute. Apples and oranges!!!
> Nobody ever used a minox spy camrea for the kind of photography that an M6
> could do.
> Its not that much different as digital sensors go compared to film.
> 
> -- 
> Mark William Rabiner
> mark at rabinergroup.com
> 
> 
>> From: Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:05:38 +0100
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: [Leica] Digital point and shoot
>> 
>> I have got to the stage where I want an alternative to my Nikon DSLR gear 
>> that
>> is more like the M6 I used to know and love. The reality is that I want 
>> an M8
>> or M9 but simply cannot afford more than about ?400 ($600) and have been
>> looking at the Canon G11. Are there any viable alternatives that shoot 
>> RAW out
>> there, with personal recommendations?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> Gerry Walden LRPS
>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office)
>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile)
>> Web: www.gwpics.com
>> Blog: www.gerrywalden.wordpress.com
>> 
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Replies: Reply from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] Digital point and shoot)
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