Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/13
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That's true. I discussed about gear with a very successful pro photographer
this week. With the money she spends on gear in a year one may buy a
Volkswagen Rabbit GTI easily. She said she uses Hassies with 39MP back for
"serious" work, and EOS 5d's "zum knipsen" ("for point&shooting"). She said
she had bought a M6/35/50/75 Summilux combo many years ago but could not get
familiar with the rangefinder. Price differences are not a matter - she just
wants the tools that fits her needs best. Hassie = huge resolution, 5D =
"compact camera", fullframe. Low light/high ISO is no topic as she makes no
photojournalism but advertising, where lightning is mostly arranged. If she
would believe a M8 could be useful for her, she'd just walk straight into
the next Leica shop and buy it, and not think about which other camera could
cost less.
Didier
>If a photographer wishes to work with a digital range finder camera
>the D200 and/or 5D obviously do not fit in their decision.
>George Lottermoser
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>On Jan 11, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>I do not think that many photographers will spend US$5000 on the M8 when a
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>>D200 or a 5D are available at the price they are.