Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right, but, at least for me, buying a first generation digital M won't mean buying into an entirely new system and it will be a system that I enjoy using. I seem to be unable to express adequately just how much I dislike hauling around these over-sized, over-weight, over-automated, computers that pass for cameras these days. >But let's be honest here - when you get the M digital body you are stepping >on precisely the same treadmill. By the time it comes out, it will already >be last year's technology, if that. The question is whether that technology >is good enough for you for the foreseeable future. And that brings us to the >question of how real the "digital treadmill" really is. Does one need to >continually trade up? I'd suggest again that the 20D produces terrific >results, and unless one has a specific problem or need, the introduction of >the 30D shouldn't cause 20D owners to lose sleep. Think about how much of >this is really just the latest example of the "mine's bigger than yours" >phenomenon. What this really reminds me of is the annual introduction of the >new car models each fall in the 50s and 60s - God forbid the neighbor has >tail fins bigger than yours. ;-) > > >On 1/17/06 8:53 PM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Jim Laurel wrote: >> >>> The digital treadmill marches on... Damn, I'm tired of it. >>> >>> >> >> Me, too. ...and it's why I'm still shooting film. I can wait this >> out. We'll certainly have good digital bodies for our M lenses in a >> few years. The digital M is beginning to look like a sure thing and >> given the rumors, we may well have a Zeiss-Ikon digital and maybe >> even another Epson digital to choose from. >> >> Besides, >> >> - I enjoy using my M7 and M3. >> >> - Competent DSLRs and lenses are all BIG. I hate carrying big >> cameras and lenses around. >> >> - Film is easily processed and digitized. >> >> - No new camera is going to help improve my ability to see and >> produce good prints, my primary interests at the moment. >> >> - $4,500 spent on a 5D and a couple of Canon lenses today (I almost >> did this) is $4,500 less I'll have to spend on a digital M two years >> from now. >> >> I just picked up a used 28mm Summicron. It'll make a great "36mm" >> lens on my digital M. >> >> Regards. >> >> Dick >> Boston MA >> >> >> >> >>> >>> On Jan 17, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Richard S. Taylor wrote: >>> >>>> Some of you might be interested in this: >>>> >>>> Rumours: Canon EOS 30D to be announced end of February? >>>> >>>> http://www.photoscala.com/node/view/1204 >>>> >>>> This is a site my photo processor told me about last week and I've >>>> just started to check into from time to time. >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> Boston MA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Regards, Dick