Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a joke, right Don? "Goes click when you press the shutter release?" "Do that over and over?" Well, I'd prefer a virtually silent camera - which is what most digital P&Ss are. And you can push the shutter over and over. And if a camera has manual focus - you can set it. Why would anyone want a pretend M - which is precisely what this new camera is. So now making beautiful 11x14s is the goal? Funny that it wasn't before Leica introduced this camera. Yes, the initial price of a tool is trivial if, like an M, it is a tool for a life-time. But NO digital camera will be a tool for a life-time. Are you really saying that you will be satisfied with your 5 mgp Leica Faux M when two years from now the standard is 8 or 10 mgp? And will you be satisfied with your Faux M with its top iso of 400 with most digial SLR's featuring top isos of 1600 or 3200? Even film M's are over priced for what they offer, but they are well made - probably better made than any current film camera; and they are the only game in town for someone who wants a pro-quality rangefinder film camera. The Faux M, however, is NOT the only game in town - but it is probably the most overpriced game. ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 7:44 PM To: Leica-Users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Digilux 2 There is a sub cult of Leica bashing. Right now, the bashing is on the proposed price of the Digilux 2. However, I assume most readers of this list have paid similar high prices for their Leica gear. Why? Because, for some situations, there is no better tool in the world, period. So, to answer B.D. direct question, what if the Digilux 2 works like the M? What if the shutter goes click when you press the release? What if you can do that over and over just like an M? How about controls that you can figure out by feel in the dark? How about real manual focus so you can set your hyper focal and bang away with confidence? What if the lens/sensor/software lets you make beautiful 11X14's? So, why don't we all wait about a month until we see what it really is? I know that the Panasonic FZ10 makes beautiful 8X10's and the manual focus feels like a Canon ring USM lens which is no bad thing. I also think that if it works much like an M and produces images that scale well then I might just be a customer. I have tried almost all the digicams out there and frankly have a mostly hate relationship. Perhaps this iteration will work. The initial price of a tool is trivial if it does what it was intended to do: my dad has a set of furniture knives (think of router bits) that his grandfather used to make furniture, with them I can match exactly an edge molding originally made 150 years ago. I have a twenty year old M6 that I have hammered for years and it keeps the film etched: I have a forty year old M3 that has had one cleaning, it also keeps on ticking. Who really cares if they were two or three times the price of a Nikon F? I have worn out an F and a Canon F1; I haven't been able to wear out my M's :) Don dorysrus@mindspring.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