Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark - Ah, it makes sense now. Thanks. Dick On Nov 03, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Was not referring to you Richard but the guy with the website who did the > writing on the thing. > > > On 11/3/14 7:18 PM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: > >> Jeeze, Mark, take a deep breath will you and re-read my note. It was a >> ancient 12MP D300 that went not a D800. As I get older I don?t what to >> lug >> all that weight around so I didn?t wasn?t to upgrade my Nikon stuff. >> >> 16MP is enough for what I want to do regardless of sensor size so I?m >> mostly >> shooting with an Oly EM-1 these days and pulled my old micro 4/3rds >> lenses out >> of the closet to use on it. Two of them are PanaLeicas?s. Great stuff. >> >> ? though I must say a yearning for one of the Sony A7?s persists and one >> may >> end up in my hands one of these days. >> >> You have your needs, I have mine. Mustn?t confuse the two. If you need a >> large sensor hi-res camera, use it. I don?t. >> >> Best, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 03, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Funny but this is a guy who in effect traded his D800 Nikon for a Fuji >>> X100s. So its clear he's missing a few links in his grasp of camera >>> function. Great with typing out caricatures of people based on this non >>> grasp of the basics of what certain cameras are all about and what >>> certain >>> other aren't. >>> >>> Why do I need a Nikon D800 full frame 36mp camera when I can just shoot >>> with >>> a 16 Mp APS-C cropped Fuji pseudo rangefinder listing for $999? >>> Because there is little overlap in what these camera are all about. If >>> you >>> bought and used to of the rez Nikon why would you even look at the Fuji? >>> The 800 now 810 is the king of full frame cameras when you need the >>> highest >>> resolution and tonal range possible. >>> The fuji is when quality is not so much the issue as you are shooting a >>> cropped camera which is all about compactness and low price point and >>> trying >>> to pass itself off as a bargain basement Leica. >>> >>> >>> On 11/1/14 10:23 AM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Amen! Very funny, very on the mark. But? I just sold my X Pro-1 and >>>> all >>>> it?s lenses because all the new lenses Fuji has announced will be >>>> physically >>>> large.* More and more, I find, I want to carry less and less when I >>>> photograph. I kept my X100s, though? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> >>>> *My D300 and it?s two big zooms went months ago, too. >>>> >>>> On Oct 31, 2014, at 11:23 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> He got it in one... >>>>> >>>>> Jay (who has a X100T pre-ordered.) >>>>> >>>>> On 10/31/2014 5:54 PM, Robert Adler wrote: >>>>>> A camera walks into a bar: >>>>>> > http://www.tomen.de/fuji-x100s-review-a-camera-walks-into-a-bar-zack-arias>>>>> > / >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photographer >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information