Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced

[Seth Rosner <sethrosner@direcway.com>]

.......and f'r 'eav'ns sake, they're using a KODAK CHIP!

get yo'se'f outta here.  ;-)

seth           9 kAl   (the world turned upside down)

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From: <Teresa299@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced


>
> In a message dated 6/25/03 9:08:49 AM, mvhoward@mac.com writes:
>
> << The only possibly interesting thing about this is the technical
> achievement of grafting a digital back to an existing film camera,
> while allowing its use as either by switching back and forth.  But in
> the Real World, the question is how interesting is that?  Especially
> when you take those $5,200 into consideration. >>
>
> Oh come on.   In the real world using a Leica anything is a joke.  People
> think you're crazy to spend a thousand dollars for a 50mm lens, a couple
thousand
> for something slightly more exotic.   If you like Leica glass and think it
is
> worth it for the money, you ignore the naysayers.  If you don't think the
> Leica glass is worth the money you go for a Holga ,  drive a Ford Fiesta,
sip
> ripple and wear Prada knockoffs sold at Wallmart.   Yeah, $5,200 is a lot
of
> money. So were the original digital offerings that came out from Canon,
Nikon and
> the other gods of the digital world.  I imagine that as time goes on and
> technology moves forward prices will go down, 10MP goes up.   For those of
us who
> like film and traditional cameras, I like this approach.  At some point in
> time, if I want the immediacy of digital, I have that opportunity using it
on a
> system I already know and use for traditional film.
>
> I give Leica a thumbs up on this one.   And expect that it will expand in
the
> future.
>
>
> -kim
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