Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey, I don't know why people want to come on the LEICA list and trash Leica by touting how many gizmos their new non-leica wizbang has. Even in the face of SIDE BY SIDE TESTS that compare the genuine Leica to the Not Leicas -- You can't have forgotten, they were done by a prominent camera magazine, I reproduce them here: http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/leica-vs-not-leica.jpg Many camera manufacturers believe that people without extraordinary taste can tell the differences made up by small "cost saving measures" which will add a little distortion here, a little soft focus there, a little chromatic abbhoration -- they think that nobody but a leica user can tell. and hey, maybe we ARE the only ones who can tell, maybe Sonny can live with the little imperfections, the little light leaks, the little fuzzy things, the little bowing to grandmas legs that wasn't there in real life, the third eye cousin Bob has, the extra 10 lbs that cheap cameras add to people. But to me -- there is only one truth -- IT'S EITHER TAKEN WITH A LEICA, OR IT HASN'T BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED. On Sep 28, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > Kyle Cassidy would have you believe that his digital Leica is the > Be-All-And-End-All of early digital photography. > > I'm not too sure when his Leica Digilux was crafted, but my Epson PhotoPC > 600 was built in 1997 with a full 2.1 MEGA pixels. > > Remember, Epson was also the company that had the first digital Rangefinder > . . . > > I pulled it out of the drawer today, and stuck two AA batteries in it, and > Voila! It fired up! The date was set at 1999, so I guess that was when I > last used it. > > I went out into the reading room and took a couple snaps, then came back > and > stuck the COMPACT FLASH card (yes, like a real camera uses) into my reader. > > > Lightroom opened up, and I did a couple minor corrections, but nothing for > noise or focus control. > > So here, Kyle, look and weep! > > http://sonc.com/look/?p=256 > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information