Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I certainly understand your preference for the Rolleis - be they TLR or SLR. However, your report that you 'dumped your digital a few months ago and...haven't looked back---yet' sounds like someone in 1920 proudly announcing that he dumped that damn Ford and went back to his faithful steed. Whether or not the image quality you are now getting from the Rolleis is superior, I'd be willing to make a small wager that within three to five years, if not sooner, virtually all your clients will demand digital - whether or not you are a third generation Rollei user. And Steve, your monthly print magazine may demand film, and you may go on doing that until you retire - but the reality is that your magazine will, in terms of the way it's produced, come more and more to resemble the last of the ice wagons after the introduction of the electric refrigerator. I know I must be missing something here, because while, as I said above, I understand the preference for film, the loyalty to Leica, Rollei, etc. - a preference I share - I am really puzzled by what I view as a refusal to accept, deal with, etc. reality. While I've joked about this in the past, it really is like someone who was using glass plates refusing to adapt to the introduction of film. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of S Dimitrov Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 2:17 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OT, B.D. I got it. D100 I use a Rollei all the time. I do have to admit that the TLR has taken a back seat to the SLR. But then it goes back to my cognizance of the historicity of the events that I have been covering, which I feel require the format. Many of my clients ask specifically that I use 120, they don't care which brand I use. I just happen to be a third generation Rollei user, with lots of brand loyalty. Albeit, I'm the first one to do so professionally. I dumped my digital a few months ago, and I haven't looked back--yet! Slobodan Dimitrov Tim Atherton wrote: > It's getting close to the point where someone shooting film at a news event is going to look like someone > turning up to shoot it with a Rollei TLR or a graphlex. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html