Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] G10
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:11:49 -0700
References: <C61FCA47.4D96D%mark@rabinergroup.com> <49FA6128.5020003@bouncing.org>

Yes you use long fast teles for sports. The 
sharpest lenses are always in demand. But also 
the fastest bodies, which the D3x isn't. It's the 
wrong tool.



At 3:40 AM +0100 5/1/09, Philip Clarke wrote:
>I have a dlux-4, thank you for the compliment. I'll pass on your words
>of wisdom to him and all the agencies toting around the long telephotos,
>highest resolution bodies and sharpest lenses, I've already stated the
>reasons why the top guys use the top equipment but you'd have to be
>amongst them and competing with them to understand.
>
>Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>  I'll bet sports photographers, NONE of them use D3x's but use D3s.
>>  It would be dumb to use D3x's assuming they 'D have the money which they
>>  wouldn't as they much slower than the D3's and there's not a reason in 
>> the
>>  world they'd need that kind of resolution.
>>  And half of them use D700's.
>>  The ones using Nikons.
>>
>>  The conspicuous camera consumption thing is an internet geek thing not a
>>  real photographer thing.
>>
>>  Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
>>>  From: Philip Clarke <nod at bouncing.org>
>>>  Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>  Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:42:52 +0100
>>>  To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>  Subject: Re: [Leica] G10
>>>
>>>
>>>  Ask mike ~ but 2 nikon d3x bodies plus a spare D300 or whatever plus he
>>>  always goes for the sharpest lenses, the full wifi gear
>>>
>>>  d3x in UK = ?4969.99
>>>  http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=1029746
>>>
>>>  In the days when we were pros together (I didn't do sports), he'd be
>>
>>
>>
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