Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your "so what?" pegs it perfectly, Henning - it's what works for the individual. Period. On 1/19/06 12:49 PM, "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: >> actually, the size is rather different given these dimensions. >> the circumscribing rectangular solids have volumes of: >> >> leica 13.8*7.95*3.8 = 416.898 cc >> canon 14.4*10.5*7.15 = 1081.080 cc >> >> or a difference of slightly over 2 1/2 times. >> >> -rei > > After many years in the darkroom I do a lot of stuff in units of cc. > > In most other ways, it's not an issue. A 20D does things a Leica > doesn't, and vice versa. A Sinar 8x10 does things a Minox doesn't, > etc. > > Use what you can accept and gets you what you like or need. > > I like my digitals, I like my film cameras. It's not an either/or > situation except on a given day and dependant on my load carrying > capacity/willingness. > > I haven't gotten a Canon 1D type camera, because I would be reluctant > to haul it around. If I don't haul it around, it's useless as a > camera. On the other hand, I often go out with 3 cameras and 10 > lenses. In my universe, that's reasonable and a 1D body isn't. So > what.