Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yes Jim... I fully understand the dilemma, especially for the pro.... pushing in favor of ease, efficiency, expediency...truly yes. But it's, foregive me all (a bit) like trading in your favorite fountain pen for a bic... For me, at least, there is no dilemma, not now... I want the look, the personal control, and I am proud to be a stick in the mud, like a few others around here...Steve > Just kidding, Steve! Well, er...I hope it turns out to be a joke and that > we will have film for a long time to come. > > However, there is a good argument for stock photographers to go digital. A > successful stock business depends on an ever-growing collection of saleable > images. The simple truth is that with a digital camera, you can be more > productive. No scanning, no captioning with little sticky labels, no buying > film (running out of film is unlikely if you travel with a 60gb Powerbook > and a pocketable 80gb firewire drive), no trips to the lab, no scratched > film...need I go on? It's just about enough to sacrifice that special Leica > look, don't you think? > > On the other hand, with everyone going digital, the images that can be > produced by the Leica M cameras are aesthetically more different than ever > from the kinds of photos people will be accustomed to seeing. I'm impressed > by what my new 10d can do, but a Leica M, it ain't. > > --Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 10:27 PM > Subject: [Leica] Digital has won....? > > > > > That's right, Chandos. Digital has won and our Leica M's will be > > > paperweights by 2010. Let's shut down the LUG and go home. Last one > > out, > > > please turn off the lights... > > > --Jim :-( > > > > But that decadent, rich, > > liquid look I'm acustomed to with my M cameras is nowhere to be found. > > Maybe one day I'll figure it out and make a "Leica look" Photoshop action. > > One thing that is taking some getting used to is not shooting at very wide > > apertures like can with an M camera. Jim ....too > > > > > > Jim....but.... ? ...so we give up on the leica look and dof control for > > what, exactly? Steve > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html