Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Doug: I like the results you are getting, too. Your photos are beautiful. Don't change anything. Ted - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:37 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica vs. Digital: Our divided loyalties > bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > There is an extremely important point being missed in this > > discussion - > > > > If, like Ernie, one finds that one's current digital camera > > does what one wants/needs it to do, no one and nothing is > > compelling one to constantly - or essentially ever, upgrade. > > The only people who at this point are being forced to > > constantly upgrade are pros who must dance to the tune played > > by clients. > > > > (I have a good friend who is a very successful freelance > > writer and author - cranking out a new book...for very good > > money...about every 18 months. It is only in the past year > > that he finally dumped his 386 computer and Xywrite > > and "moved up" to a Pentium 4 and Microsoft Office. > > He could do what he needed to do with what all the > > manufacturers and marketing types would tell him was obsolete > > technology. So it is with digital.) > > So it is also with my Leicaflex SL and K64. The world's camera makers, film manufacturers and many photographers tell me every day that they're obsolete and I ought to move on. I like the results I'm getting; that's all that matters to me. > > > 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 Ernest > Nitka > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:39 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica vs. Digital: Our divided loyalties > > > And the analogy is a strong one - many of the upgrades to our computers > don't necessarily mean increased productivity - they are mandated by > the computer/software folks. I have yet to run out of megapixels on my > 6 MP digicam for the type of work that I do. > > ernie - anxiously awaiting OS X upgrade - Nitka > On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 09:19 AM, Will von Dauster wrote: > > > Nice summary, Peter. > > > > I believe every three years seems to work for me when it comes to > > worthwhile upgrades to digital cameras, which not coincidentally is > > the same frequency I seem to upgrade my computers (Macs) at work. > > > > No wonder digital sometimes feels like a trap... > > > > Will von Dauster > > > > On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 09:07 PM, Peter Klein wrote: > > > >> I've been thinking a lot about the whole issue of film vs. digital. > >> And how it plays in our special little niche (or is it backwater?) in > > >> the photographic world. Here are some of my thoughts--I invite > >> others to chime in... > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > -- > 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