Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep your right this whole digital thing is just a trendy gimmick. Here today gone tomorrow. Its like what Ernst Leitz though about those crazy reflex cameras. Toys! -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:28:13 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad M8 > > Frank writes: > > At first, I was enamored with the whole DIgi-M thing.... New files to > look > > at, new SW to learn, just plain NEW to deal with..... After that wore off, > > I started looking at the files and wondering why stuff was not as sharp as > > my film results. > > > I kept reading stories of why this lens or that lens was too old, with > > back/front focusing, why I had not done my testing right, why the problem > > was caused by diffraction, wrong/old/not blueprinted monitor, wrong SW, > > no/wrong sharpening applied, I was too picky, no direct comparison, other > > rational reasons that I was wrong. > > > IOW, I was a sucker for techie excuses. > - - - - - > Of course you can always follow Dr. Ted's strategy. Call a press > conference. > Equip yourself with a sledge hammer. And threaten to pound your offending > Leica M8 into a pile of fragments while shouting "Leica cameras are pieces > of crap" if Leica doesn't immediately supply you with a new model. > It would be best if you did this on the steps of Fox News while ranting > about the evils of importing shoddy foreign goods into the USA. > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information