Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Sander, Nice pics, and my experience with the 20D is very similar to yours. The shutter lag is simply not of any consequence, and in practical shooting in par with my M6. Funny enough, I just got back from Amsterdam--we decided to take a walk in the city to see what it looks like in snow. We may not see it again for several years... Nathan ViaDia wrote: > During a visit to Sri Lanka in December 2004, that turned out somewhat > differently than expected, I lost my Leica M7 plus all my lenses in the > tsunami. (My good old M6HM still sits proudly on a shelf at home, and a > nice 2nd hand "last before ASPH" 35 mm is coming to make it whole). > > In the meanwhile, after some soulsearching, I decided that investing all > anew in Leica at the present is not best idea for me, having gone > digital already for all other photo stuff. So I bought a Canon 20D with > some lenses, and I am am still studying its dizzying array of > possibilities. > > Did some street testing however and found to my present surprise that > the 20D is so fast that Leica-like street photography is not something > exclusively of the analogue past. Here is an URL to two pictures, > nothing special, just some snaps, that however do not make me regret my > decision. > > So which camera to take out...............? > > Amsterdam is now covered in snow, which has not happened, I think since > Kyle was here. Seems ages! > > http://www.vanhulsenbeek.com/snow/snow.htm > > Sander van Hulsenbeek > Amsterdam > Holland > > Website: www.vanhulsenbeek.com > Pictures: Brazil, Argentina, Mongolia and more! > > > > ! > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com