Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd suggest there's a point the digital naysayers here are missing - and that is that this IS the Leica Users Group. All of us are or were committed to the use of Leica film equipment, despite the fact that it is all essentially 1954 technology. This is not a general photo list, filled with technology geeks who only care about something being the latest and greatest. I have more money invested in M and other film equipment than many on this list, and far less than others. But I was a dedicated film shooter for more than 40 years, and shot film professionally. Yet... Many of us, dedicated Leica users every one, have learned through experience that digital offers us everything film offered us and more. We haven't made the switch because we're hooked on the latest thing, or because we're techies. We've made the switch as photographers who see digital offering us advantages that film didn't. Period. This is not to suggest that those who don't want to switch should - shoot film as long as you enjoy shooting it and can get it. But recognize that when the Ted Grants, and Tina Manleys of this list - fantastic Leica enthusiasts and very successful professionals - tell you that they can do things with their digital equipment that they couldn't do with their Leica film cameras, and that they are getting quality from digital equal to that which they were getting for film, they are not blowing smoke. And the real bottom line is that some of those people have forgotten more about film photography than most of us will ever learn. ;-) B. D.