Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 12/1/03 3:55 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > There are real quality reasons why a photographer picks a larger format > film or CCD chip tp get a certain image Quincy..... It's not to make an > image look better on a web page or on A3 inkjet or to make him feel like > he's blasting off in a Rocket ship! Or she.. Although i know in regular > darkroom printing even in smaller sizes larger format film give a richer > image and that' maybe what is really needed. Not a testosterone test. Then: > If I had to guess I'd pick $30,000 as the amount the average commercial > photographer makes in a year, Jerry. I'm not sure if I ever made that > much. Not grosses of course. But at least they get to have fun buying > and selling lots of cameras systems and having some kind of an excuse to > do it! I know the rationale behind a larger chip, Mark. And I think based your second response to Jerry you got my point. Actually, BTW I do think it's more about feeling like blasting off in a rocket and testosterone test in Mr. Reichmann's case. It's a blatant case of equipment wanking. My opinion. But admittedly o/t. Let's all talk about the Digilux 2, with it's weeny CCD... - -=- Quicny - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html