Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, you don't like being called Sonny-Boy. I don't like being called a troll. Sam S Sonny Carter wrote: > Something rings familiar about this troll..... > > SonC > > Saturday, November 29, 2003, 2:48:09 PM, you wrote: > > s> I'm not one to pump poison into the pumpkin, but I say let all those > s> digital dorks divest their film cameras for digital as the resulting > s> price dump for film equipment will enrich my collection tenfold. And who > s> can blame them? Everybody needs the digital format to take prissy family > s> poses of children with gravy on their shirts. Great for 30 year school > s> reunions, too. How better to leave the expanding wife at home and in her > s> stead bring digital snapshots Photoshopped to look 50 pounds > s> lighter--the pretty princess of the cheerleader squad looks as sparkling > s> as she did at 16. And she resides in your nest. Who's to know? > > > s> Sam S > > > > s> Don Dory wrote: > >>>Mark, >>>Over on the Luminous Landscape site they have done a comparison of >>>medium format backs. The basic premise is that the larger sensor is >>>better than the one on the 1Ds but that you needed a dedicated body >>>combination to take advantage of the digital back. So, all the Hassy >>>gear is being turned in because the various bodies don't deal well with >>>one shot backs. This is why the deal with Fuji went through, to have a >>>dedicated back. >>> >>>Another answer is the classic, it's good enough. A third answer is that >>>it is now a digital file you are selling so the art director can't get >>>all hissy over wanting a certain size transparency on the light table. >>> >>>Don >>>dorysrus@mindsprig.com >>> > > > s> -- > s> To unsubscribe, see > s> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html