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Subject: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:58:31 -0700
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The point I was making is that not all of us on this forum are Pros....

We have to make buying decisions with a different/additional set of
criteria.....

The question currently to use a D700 or a D7000 is a $1500 decision.....
The question to use the D3s vs a D700 is a $5K decision.....
The question to use a cropped sensor vs a FF sensor is a multi Thousand $
decision.....
The question of a M8 or M9 is a $5K decision.....
The question of a Nocti vs a Summicron is at best, a $3K decision for a used
version of each....

Although some amateurs can afford a $7K camera, I suspect, even on this well
heeled list, that the majority of us can not.

Generally speaking, this list is not sensitive to cost issues.  One of my
pet peeves.....

Frank Filippone
Red735i at earthlink.net


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Marty Deveney
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 6:45 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Thinking about a D700 or D7000

That's exactly the point.  These guys are not amateurs.

Marty

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> As an amateur, having roughly $15 Grand in cameras hanging from one's 
> shoulders, sounds like overkill.........
>
> Never mind the lenses......
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
>
> The news guys here all shoot with D3 and 1D series cameras. ?Maybe a
> D700 or a 5D for backup, but usually only as a third camera after a 
> pair of D3s or 1Ds.
>
> Marty
>
>
>
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