Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/25

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: [lens] RE: shot not possible with digital
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:50:18 -0400

Unfortunately true.

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of JCB
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:43 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Re: [lens] RE: shot not possible with digital


At 08:14 AM 10/25/2003 -0700, Ted Grant wrote:

>You'll notice I haven't mentioned anything about using digital.........

>Not on your life because doing my film thing I do the shoot with 
>reasonable confidence it'll work due to experience. Digital at the 
>moment will have to wait for another day or night. :-) ted


It'll be a long wait because getting a digital sensor to see in
available 
darkness is close to impossible. A digital sensor is not film. It is
blind 
in the deep shadows. Areas that silver halide sees quite well. Digital
has 
its place, but not in the kind of shooting you do.

JB

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