Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/2/05, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > Ted wrote: > > >Well like I said, build the camera and lenses will come.... "if the > >demand is large enough for prime lenses." And of course there's a > >decent profit margin to be made. :-) If not? Well I suppose one has > >a choice..... go back to film! :-) > >ted > > There's another reason to go back to or stay with film. Digital > cameras today are where computers were ten years ago. They're in a > horsepower (MegaPixel, noise level)/Feature (e.g., LCD size) race. > Buy one today and it's obsolete in a year or year and a half at most. I don't really agree. My Nikon D100 is older than that, and I've never felt that it is obsolete. On the contrary, I haven't even come close to tapping in on its potential yet. It cost me an arm and a leg back then, but has been worth every penny. Sure, there are bigger and better things out there now, but since I haven't outgrown it, it doesn't feel like a problem. > I was seriously thinking of getting a Canon 20D, but then the 5D > (full-frame, 2.5" LCD screen) was announced, so I waited. I saw the > same thing happen when the Pentax *istDS was replaced by the *istDL. > The product cycle on both was about 15 months. So you accept all the marketing arguments? Marketing wants that life cycle, but we don't have to go for it. > In the meantime I'm shooting 2-3 rolls of Fuji 400 every week with my > M7 (and sometimes with my Olympus Stylus Epic) and having the film > scanned to 6MP JPG files when it's processed. I took Fuji 400 with me to Zimbabwe last month. When I went in June, I had the D100 with me. The D100 gave better results (for me). I'll probably never shoot a roll of color film in my M's again (not that I am a large scale consumer of color film anyway). > I also have the > best archival backups in existence, my negatives. Not your color negatives. You won't convince me of that. Enjoy the cameras you have. Doesn't matter what kind they are. Best, Daniel