[Leica] decline in LUG membership

[raikorho at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)]

Yeah, that?s understandable and as it should be..
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] decline in LUG membership


> I don't underestimate the quality of A4 prints from a digi compact, I
> take my Ixus 400 everywhere and get great results, but it is nowhere
> near as good as my EOS10D.
> Frank
>
> On 10 Aug, 2004, at 21:30, Raimo K wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > after a lengthy absence I decided to join LUG again.
> > And I have also found digital photography in the meantime.
> > OK, big sensor is better and good lenses are better than not-so-good
> > ones
> > but it depends very much on what do you intend to do with the images.
> > Well, last week we had a music festival here in Uusikaupunki, Finland
> > where
> > I live - and they asked me to take some pictures of the events. Just
> > the
> > thing for my M6, the concerts - but I took along my Pentax Optio S4 as
> > well.
> > And one day they needed pictures of a Swedish clarinet player (Martin
> > Fr?st,
> > if anybody is interested) for an interview in the regional paper - and
> > they
> > needed the pictures immediately. So I took the tiny Optio and shot
> > about 30
> > images of the guy. The camera produces 4 Mb images packed into about
> > 2.7 Mb
> > which supposedly are good for A4 size print - and an image on that
> > size was
> > in the next day?s paper.
> > Leica pictures received good feedback but so did the digital images.
> > So do
> > not underestimate the digital compacts. It is nice to have the
> > equivalent of
> > 35 to 105 mm focal lengths in your shirt pocket.
> > But I am not going to give up my Leica equipment.
> > All the best!
> > Raimo K
> > Personal photography homepage at:
> > http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "FRANK DERNIE" <frank.dernie@btinternet.com>
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] decline in LUG membership
> >
> >
> >> Hi Dan.
> >> The digital rebel will be MUCH better than the Pro1
> >> because it has a much bigger better sensor. The same
> >> difference as 35mm to MF IMHO. Despite what is  said
> >> about digital lenses the Canon EOS  lenses I have used
> >> have all worked well with digital. Obviously zoom
> >> lenses will be inferior to primes.
> >> cheers
> >> Frank
> >>
> >> --- Dan Post <dpost@triad.rr.com> wrote:
> >>> Apropos the digital rebel- I considered the talk
> >>> that lenses for digital
> >>> should be designed for digital sensors, and thought
> >>> seriously about the
> >>> Canon Powershot Pro1- with 8 megapixels and a 7X
> >>> zoom lens designed around
> >>> the camera, it seems that it would cover just about
> >>> all the shots I'd want
> >>> to take. Same price as the Digital Rebel, but with a
> >>> lot more resolution,
> >>> and I would assume that their firmware is up to
> >>> snuff, as well.
> >>> Has anyone used this camera? Any comments on it- And
> >>> to stay on topic, even
> >>> if I get a digital camera, they are going to have to
> >>> pry my beloved IIIf
> >>> from my cold dead fingers... on second thought, I
> >>> might even take it with
> >>> me! :o)~
> >>> Dan (Please! Just one more, and I'll be done!)Post
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
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