Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, a SH sturdy D700 would bring you a cheap temporary FF "acceptable" solution - you find F mounts for Leica for less than U$20 on the bay. You'd gain enjoyable higher ISO performance while staying within the wide pixels range. And VERY flexible files as a result. Focusing wouldn't be a easy as with the R8/9 though. Oh yes, I know what you think of CMOS and filters, yet ... http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/355117-2/Kenzo-3555-2.jpg (35 yo Macro Elmarit @ 2.8, handheld) Hopes this helps you envision a more positive future than just film. :-) Amiti?s Philippe a sympathetic former R8 user and a DMR frustrated one too as it was discontinued just when ... Le 25 juin 13 ? 08:22, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > Shooting with Canon - Nikon and now the Leica M and S would most > likely > bring no thoughts of giving up digital or photography itself. > Digital photography has been nothing short of a boom for the > practice of > photography. > > Other than going out and buying a gun and shooting oneself in the > foot with > it I cant think of a better way to screw up my daily digital shooting > experience than trying to do it on a camera which came out 17 years > ago on a > digital back which was quickly discontinued the year it came out 6 > years > ago. > What would be interesting and unexpected and amazing is if this > gear was > still working and viable. > That's a real Man bites Dog story. > > > > On 6/25/13 12:00 AM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> RicCarter wrote: >> >>> Just suffered another shutter death on an M8 >>> >>> Completely shitty day >>> >>> came home to find internet dead--service tomorrow maybe--running >>> off iphone >>> connection >>> >>> at complete loss as to what to do digitally for now >> >> Having one R8 that has racked up tens of thousands of frequent >> flier miles >> between Sacramento, Solms and Allendale in the last 6 months trying >> to fix an >> erratic aperture stop-down mechanism while the other R8's light >> meter is >> somewhat more predictably f***ed up and NO suitable replacement on >> the horizon >> at any price, I understand your frustration. Film is looking more >> attractive >> every day - or selling the lot and saying to hell with photography. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE