Re: [Leica] Digital M - was Leica to Restructure, Cut Staff

[Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>]

Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital M - was Leica to Restructure, Cut Staff

You know the most interesting thing about this announcement?

Are all the list members hypothetical possibilities of what it might or
might not be. It's the amazing versions of worries to and fro, buy not buy,
wait and see, buy right away, ordered already! ;-) And will never buy! And
questions beyond imagination.

The next thing will be, does it come in black chrome or silver or ... some
animal skin in red!;-) Our online electronic / digital professionals who
really know about these things have patiently given advice and explained how
certain items will, may, or may not cause difficulties of operation and lens
use.

And equally interesting are those who don't have a clue and sound like it'll
be in their hands in a few weeks. Then there are some who've offered they'd
never buy a digital M or anything else digital because, you guessed
it,........... they have developer and fixer in their arteries and veins and
will die using only a film based M, whatever it might be. And never will a
digi cam of any make reach their eye! To those folks all I can say is.....
"never is a big word of false meaning!" ;-)

The only question at this moment of any concern is........... what is the
Solms folks wildest possible date of store delivery? ( they wont tell you of
course because they don't know yet!) ;-) That's it for the moment.

All the questions pertaining to how big, how small, what chip, big or small,
mirrors to bend light not reaching sensor is meaningless until..............
they announce when it'll be delivered along with it's technical specs. The
rest is wasting key time when it could be far more valuable taking pictures.
;-)

Hey I'm not trying to cry on yer digital Leica M parade as I'll be one of
the first in line for one or two. Because I now have several months working
a Digilux 1 and a Canon G5 and I am hooked big time, well OK I think digital
is cool! :-) Neat part?  Do a shoot return to office stick a little bitty
plastic thing into another little thing and go click click and all the
pictures are in yer face!!! Cool man! :-)

However, for the moment lets make better use of the time with our Leica M's
& R's of today and not waste time hypothesizing about some magical digital M
of tomorrow, next month, next year, two years? Whenever! If ever?

And by the time it gets here you'll have had another 2? 5? years of
experience shooting with film, just imagine what a damn fine photographer
you'll be when the digi M is in your hands. :-)  That's all folks. :-)
ted


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