Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, Thanks for the info on the price of the Sinar. I will just put it black very gently on the shelf. Like they said, if you have to ask for the price ... Don't want to blow my Apo lens budget. Or my car and house budget either. Who wants a digital M anyway ? :-) - - Phong who wants a digital M On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:55:30 -0700 (MST) John Nebel <nebel@csdco.com> wrote: > > Hi Phong, > > It's really not too expensive for the computer > - one can get the cheapest > G4 Mac or one up from that from the Apple web > site with the minimum RAM, > then buy the maximum RAM from > thechipmerchant.com - 2GB = 4x512mb DIMMs. > > One can buy disks from www.sparco.com. Putting > a disk in a G4 requires > only one screw. Adding memory requires no > tools at all and > thechipmerchant sends a wrist grounding strap > with memory. > > As for the Sinar, a "bit expensive" was, > perhaps, understatement. > > $30k, or at least that is what a Sinarback 44 > cost and an LCD shutter is > about $10k - I haven't checked the Sinar M / > Sinarback 45 combination. > The full M setup could be $50k+ and one needs a > computer-like device to > run these in the field. > > John > > > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Phong wrote: > > > Hi John, > > > > What kind of computer systems do you use to > process files of 380 Megabytes ? > > And how expensive is a bit expensive, roughly > speaking ? > > Thanks, > > > > - Phong > > > > > > > > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:24:40 -0700 (MST) John > Nebel wrote: > > > > > > > > It looks like the Sinar M - if I'd titled > this > > > post "Digital M > > > camera" you'd all shoot me and it would not > > > have been with cameras - will > > > accept Leica lenses. It can use a 22m > pixel > > > back. > > > > > > http://www.sinar.ch > > > > > > Iv'e been using the 16m pixel back in > 16-shot > > > mode (380mb image) and these > > > things are pretty good if a bit expensive. > > > > > > Recent image: > > > http://www.money.org/counter_1909s.html > > > > > > John Nebel > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html