Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric: Which mfr's flash (model) are you using with your R8? Eric Welch wrote: > > At 11:30 PM 5/6/98 -0700, you wrote: > > >Currently available cheap digital cameras are great for newspapers, web > >sites, ID badges, drivers licenses, etc... Currently available very > > Jim, > > Have you used the cheap digital cameras? The current king of digital, the > EOS520 or Kodak EOS2000 (same thing) that costs $11,500 minus hard drives > and batteries, and is just barely up to newspaper repro. > > I photographed a Senate candidate the other day out in bright sunlight with > a touch of fill flash on my R8 with 19 and when it ran in the paper, it was > dang close to LIFE magazine repro quality. (Let's not talk about them > becoming a sell-out to journalism). Our paper has unusually good > reproduction, I'll grant. No 35mm style digital camera is good enough for > us at our best. Let alone the cheap ones. > > ========= > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > > Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes