Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark - the AIS lenses may attach but with Nikon DSLR you won't be able to use the in camera exposure meter. ern ie >I just had a little discussion meeting with a Musician I'm doing a head >shot for and the producer who's doing the webpage musician hightech >promo thing which also involves sending tunes over the internet as well >as images. Most of these technologies I'm aware of. But certainly not >how to string them together into a working package. > >I told him I'd be shooting the thing on film and have the scans made at >the time of processing as I usually did. >He gave me a withering look. Asked me if I had a digital camera. >I said no. >Another even more withering look. >(But I'm not sure if he knew what i was talking about on the scan at >processing time thing.) > >I'm wondering if the reason why these guys like digital so much is >because it gets them the whole "take" to play with. >Instead of the few shots I'd normally give them. > >I can see my Leica's and Hasselblads sitting there while i shoot this >guy with an Olympus with a non removable zoom digital camera. I can see >that arrangement becoming a habit. A nightmare. > >I don't know if getting a Nikon digital body and taking my Nikon lenses >out of the attic would make a less humiliating approach to full digital me. >I did read that only the very latest this year Nikon digital cameras can >be used with older Nikon lenses. Like AI or AIs. Of which I'm >particularly fond. But not fond as compared to Leica and Zeiss but they >do bring back fond memories when I had seven bucks in my back pocket and >that was it. No money for Hypo. > > > >Mark Rabiner >Portland, Oregon USA >Photography > >Website: http://www.rabinergroup.com >Email: mark@rabinergroup.com >-- >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