Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You will love it once you get used to it, and learn to adjust to the quirks that are inevitably there with any new system. That 35mm lens is also brilliant - as good as anything I have shot with. Enjoy yourself! Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 28-Dec-2012, at 4:48 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > After years of saying "No" to going digital I have finally given in, gone > out > and bought myself a digital camera. Sorry that is, my wife generously gave > me > same for Christmas! > > Why? My local film stockists are stocking film less and less and the cost > of > using and developing C41 is getting more and more expensive and delays are > inevitably incurred between taking the picture and seeing it and they are > getting longer. A little back-of-the-envelope-calculation showed mr that > for > what I was spending in film and developing each year... > > But no, I didn't buy a Leica. They have just got too expensive and I don't > have > the budget to run to one plus lenses. Instead I bought a Fuji XPro 1, > because I > can buy (and have bought) an adaptor for my M glass and have got a > reasonable > zoom with it all for relatively little outlay. OK it wasn't brand new but > still. > Sorry Leica, but if you will pursue the luxury brand market.... > > I hope I wont be banned from the LUG for this! ;-) > > Happy New Year guys, > > Peter > > PS I still plan to use my M3 and IIIf from time to time, though! > -- > > =========================================================== > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information