Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just for fun, I decided to do some directory scans for various RAW file formats. I started shooting digital seriously in 2004. Back in the film era, I was 100% Leica M, except for the couple of years in the 90s when I shot an Olympus OM-2. Here's what I found: - From 2004-2010, I shot 75% Leica M. - In 2011, I shot 62% Leica M. - In 2012, I shot 34% Leica M. Other tidbits: - In the film era, I used to shoot less than 25 rolls per year. About 700-900 frames each year. - In 2004, the year I got my first serious digital camera (Olympus E-1), I shot 27 rolls of film. Each subsequent year, I shot less film. After May 2007, when I got my M8, I shot virtually no film. - My average number of shots per year since I went digital has gone up, but not hugely. From 700-900 film frames per year, to about 1300 frames per year in the last two years. - It was only when I got my M8 that digital replaced film for the truly important stuff. - The convenience of 4/3 and Micro 4/3 has sometimes trumped absolute image quality for me. My heart still prefers the Leica M8. The Olympus OM-D E-M5 is my first camera that is light enough that I'll carry it around, *and* has image quality that's even in the M8's league. And the M8 still wins in good light. - As you get older, and assuming you're not a pro with client requirements, the camera you'll carry often wins over the "best" camera. - Price matters for most of us. And in the digital era, having a Leica habit is far more expensive than in the film era. If I didn't already have my Leica lenses when the M8 came out, I might have made a different decision. --Peter ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 5:39:03 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Leica] R3 owners.... AT > > > On Jan 11, 2013, at 5:11 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > I as far as the Leica users group goes its not off topic > > its anti topic. Our middle name is "users". > > I'd have interest in knowing > how many Leica User Group members > still actually use Leica cameras > a) occasionally > b) most of the time > c) exclusively > > I'm a Leica User for 90% of my photography > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >