Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Moderately OT: Scanner or Digital Camera?
From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 09:32:58 +0100 (MET)

Hej, Ernie, we're Leica users ... we're not spoiled by meters and the like
:)

Daniel

On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, enitka wrote:

> Mark - the AIS lenses may attach but with Nikon DSLR you won't be
> able to use the in camera exposure meter.
>
> ern ie
>
>
>
> >I just had a little discussion meeting with a Musician I'm doing a head
> >shot for and the producer who's doing the webpage musician  hightech
> >promo thing which also involves sending tunes over the internet as well
> >as images. Most of these technologies I'm aware of. But certainly not
> >how to string them together into a working package.
> >
> >I told him I'd be shooting the thing on film and have the scans made at
> >the time of processing as I usually did.
> >He gave me a withering look. Asked me if I had a digital camera.
> >I said no.
> >Another even more withering look.
> >(But I'm not sure if he knew what i was talking about on the scan at
> >processing time thing.)
> >
> >I'm wondering if the reason why these guys like digital so much is
> >because it gets them the whole "take" to play with.
> >Instead of the few shots I'd normally give them.
> >
> >I can see my Leica's and Hasselblads sitting there while i shoot this
> >guy with an Olympus with a non removable zoom digital camera. I can see
> >that arrangement becoming a habit. A nightmare.
> >
> >I don't know if getting a Nikon digital body and taking my Nikon lenses
> >out of the attic would make a less humiliating approach to full digital me.
> >I did read that only the very latest this year Nikon digital cameras can
> >be used with older Nikon lenses. Like AI or AIs. Of which I'm
> >particularly fond. But not fond as compared to Leica and Zeiss but they
> >do bring back fond memories when I had seven bucks in my back pocket and
> >that was it. No money for Hypo.
> >
> >
> >
> >Mark Rabiner
> >Portland, Oregon USA
> >Photography
> >
> >Website: http://www.rabinergroup.com
> >Email: mark@rabinergroup.com
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