[Leica] Re - Couple of E-330 shots, well one more at least

[neal at nairobisafari.com (Neal Friedenthal)]

>Now I'm playing devils advocate here, what if any difference would there be 
>with a Leica DMR $6000 Canadian dollar R9 digital adapter warrant buying 
>one 
>when you get this kind of quality?

>Man I keep looking for a common sense answer to this question when it 
>doesn't even buy you a complete picture taking machine. Regardless of how 
>much I paid for all my Leica gear because that question is not relevant to 
>this situation.

>ted 

ted,

for the life of me I can't see spending $7,500 for a D1s MkII,  These little 
Olympuses produce a 7.5 Mega-pix image from which you can produce a very 
nice 20x24 print, there are several other digitals 
out there that produce good 8 to 12 mp images which have good noise response 
and make good images in almost any normally usable size. Most current 
digital platforms were derived from 35mm 
cameras which have over the years morphed into monsters which dwarf the 
original 35mm cameras that were their ancestors.  The original idea of 
miniature cameras (remember when that refered to 
35mm's) was a small, compact, unobtrusive piece of precision photographic 
equipment.  Much of the current crop of "professional" digital cameras are 
larger and more heavy than the medium format 
camera of three decades ago. The R9 with the DMR, the D1sMkII et al, Most of 
the other Canon line with their vertical battery grips added and the pro 
Nikon digital cameras are all huge.  The Olympus 
e-330, the Panasonic L1 and its probable Leica clone are at least heading in 
the right direction, smaller, more compact, less obtrusive pieces of 
equipment that produce high quality digital images at 
reasonable prices. My e-330 kit consisting of the e-330 body, the 14-45 kit 
lens, the 7-14 wide angle zoom (an incredible lens BTW, a 50-200 zoom and a 
1.4x extender cost me just under $4000. If the 
digital M can come in at a price close to the MP then Leica will have a real 
winner which might give the PJ a modern top professional digital tool that 
photographers like Capa, Eisenstat, Smith and HCB 
would have loved to use and maybe that quality of photo journalism will 
flourish. I had a Canon 20D I traded that for the Olympus as much as a 
protest against the Canon's size and dominance of the 
digital market, as to try a new and intrigueing camera. As a result I've 
found a camera that is comfortable, fast, simple to use and produces really 
fine images, and is fun.  Whew !! Rant over ! (Can't 
believe that was all in there ??)