Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 4/22/2006 2:31:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bdcolen@comcast.net writes: There's something really interesting going on here, our little exchange aside, that occurred to me while thinking about Sonny's latest post, and that is this - most people on this list who are saying 'digital just isn't there yet, I'm not ready to make the move until blah blah blah,' have only been dabbling with digital - most with point and shoots, a few with good cameras, but without the kind of attention and commitment they give to film. --------------- Don't need no chill pills here, it is a laid back Saturday, I just kinda get tired when you drag out your digital trumpet and let it play taps for film every week or so. I give an immense amount of attention to the picture, and it may have escaped you that more than half of my posted pictures are with digital. Even on assignments, I tend to shoot both. I really like the Pentax ist D that I have been shooting for the past year. It gives me high quality results, and an array of lens choices that easily outstrips the 4/3rds. I have twelve lenses in the house, including an 85mm f2 that makes great shots. My statement was not that digital is not there yet. I don't feel that way at all. I do feel that so far, there is no digital camera that I am in love with enough to abandon my film based cameras. Since I am so far at least, not totally at the end of the film era, I'll continue to ply those waters as well as the digital ones. Total immersion in one or the other is not practical nor do I yearn for that state. I would like to try the Oly with a hefty lens on it, but it still doesn't "fit" me, so no amount of "chill pills" will help that issue. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish