Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Depends what you play it back on! Kinda like using a funky loupe to look at great work. . . I'm going shooting tomorrow. . .this computer stuff making me nuts! Al Steg - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Brownlow" <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Contax G2: Cost > on 23/5/00 11:35 pm, Fernando Martins at fer@caleida.pt wrote: > > > that's because you never (possibly) heard a $20,000 turntable :-))))))) with a > > $5000 cartridge and so on... these things are pretty reasonably priced too -- > > given what they deliver... > > All those :)))))) got me confused - you serious???, but speaking as a > musician, 25k will buy you a semi-pro digital recording studio these days. > Entirely ludicrous to spend more on reproduction technology than origination > technology. The best studio amps/preamps don't even approach those costs. > Like spending more on a TV than on the movie camera. > > Ever sat in a recording studio and listened to playback off a 24-track > digital master? I have. > > One born every minute. > > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > >