Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It really came across to me like they were selling snake oil when it first came out. Come out with a small cropped sensor and compare it (in small slices) to medium format and charge ten grand for it. Obviously no ones going to buy it till the price drops through the floor. And that's what happened. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:11:24 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Sigma SD-1 Lower Price..... > > A camera which falls in price from ten grand to two grand in a year is not > a > dream camera. Its a failed concept. The idea that the serious photo world > is > going to get excited about a cropped camera system failed. Not matter how > you stack the RGB matrix; it cropped camera. > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > > >> From: mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:44:53 -0800 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Sigma SD-1 Lower Price..... >> >> some of the sigma lenses r pretty good., 50 1.4, 8-16, 85, 50-150, 150 >> macro to name a few and all work in af and auto aperture >> >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Frank Filippone >> <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: >> >>> Well, one man's dreams are another man's nightmares... >>> >>> Without auto aperture, I'd rather not be involved..... >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> Red735i at earthlink.net >>> >>> >>> >>> this is sounds like a dream camera, i am going to start reading the >>> dpreview >>> forum to find out more about this camera >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------- >> regards, mehrdad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information