Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/22

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Subject: RE: [Leica] digitalrebel
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:52:25 -0400

The oft repeated canard that digital forces one to 'trade up' every
12-18 months is pretty hilarious when read so often on a list which is
probably dominated by people who are using film equipment that is
anywhere from 30-60 years old, including lenses which "glow" - meaning
they produce soft, flare prone images and often suffer from other
optical aberrations. If one can comfortably use a Leica lens
manufactured in, say, 1955, a Leica lens which may not have even then
been up to the standards being set by Zeiss and Nikon, and a lens which
is now a Coke-bottle-bottom when compared to the latest Leica lenses,
why can't one buy a 5 mgp digital camera and be happy with it for the
next five to 10 years?

Just wondering...And chortling at such a flaring - uh, glaring, double
standard. ;-)

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 Seth
Rosner
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:22 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] digitalrebel


Allen Graves wrote:

> serious amateurs, who would
> have balked at the price of a Leica and 3 lenses or a new Hasselblad 
> system just a few years ago will rush out, change to an new system 
> (?Brand C) for 50% more money- all for a camera that may be as 
> "stale" as last week's toast in 2-3 years.

........2-3 years?

Seth            LaK 9
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