Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/24

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Subject: [Leica] Doomed: Leica MP 0.58x
From: clive.moss at gmail.com (Clive Moss)
Date: Mon Jan 24 20:54:18 2005
References: <f4.48ece38e.2f27271d@aol.com>

Its not the money. My local "real" expensive dealer does no better. I
think they draw on the same labor pool. Mail order is too slow, and I
have lost film in the mail. I am thinking of doing my own again, after
a break of about 35 years. But what I really want is a digital camera
that handles like a Leica (or even a Konica AF or a Contax G2 or a
Canon P) with the color management of a Canon G3 and the noise
characteristics of a Nikon D100.

Wait till next year, I guess ;-)

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:37:49 EST, Grduprey@aol.com <Grduprey@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 1/24/2005 9:57:41 PM Central Standard Time,
> clive.moss@gmail.com writes:
> I guess that another reason I jumped in is that I have just finished
> scanning a roll of film that was develop and scratched almost beyond
> repair by my local Walgreens, and I want a camera that handles like a
> Leica,
> Clive
> 
> I guess my question is, Why buy a leica and then have the film developed at
> Walgreens?  Where the people have little or no training in how to handle 
> and
> properly process your film.  Every now and then my wife talks me into 
> trying a
> less expensive processing at one of the cut rate stores, after the results 
> come
> back and looks like crap, she then decides the more expensive and properly
> trained dealer I prefer to use is indeed worth the extra money.

-- 
Clive
http://www.pbase.com/chmoss

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