Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Canon 1D X -- the real marker to the end of the mega-pixel wars?
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:55:46 -0400
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I absolutely love mine and wouldn't trade it for any other DLSR.

Tina

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:51 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Sounds like you need a R8/9 DMR package.  Very simple to operate and use,
> and the menu is simplicity itself.  Yes, it is large and heavy like a D3
> series Nikon or 1Dx Canon, but far simpler to use.
>
> Cheers,
> Gene
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu>
> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 8:49:07 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon 1D X -- the real marker to the end of the
> mega-pixel wars?
>
> Too much complexity, and this thing probably weighs as much as three M9's.
>  I want cameras that are simple and basic and small.
> >From what I can tell, an M8 or M9 is simpler than the irritating DSLR's I
> have to use at work.  I'm always fighting with menus and the ever changing
> ergonomics.  I use three different models - a 5D Mk II, ID Mk II, and my
> 30D, and each one has slightly different control layouts, so I keep making
> mistakes when I have to hurry.  The 30D is my favorite, since it is the
> smallest and has the fewest features, but I I would like a digital OM4
> (manual focus with a huge bright screen, minimal controls, and small 
> lenses)
> even better (or of course an M9).
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> UPAA POY 1978
> University Information Technology Services
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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