Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/14

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Subject: [Leica] re: digital treadmill
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sat Jan 14 17:32:52 2006

Doug, despite our various disagreements, there's one thing I will never
disagree with you on - and that's the quality of the viewfinder on Leica
reflexes. Those viewfinders know no peer. And in some kinds of photographer
- yours in particular - that's a make or break feature.

B. D.


On 1/14/06 7:59 PM, "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:

> on 1/14/06 3:19 PM, Steve Barbour at kididdoc@cox.net wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:52 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:
>> 
>>> I spent about 40-45 years shooting film. But from the point at which I
>>> realized that not only does digital give me more convenience than
>>> film, but
>>> it also expands my photographic 'reach,' I haven't thought about
>>> going back
>>> to film. Sure, once and a while I'll shoot a roll. But each time I
>>> do, I end
>>> up asking myself, 'now why did I do this? What has it given me that
>>> digital
>>> can't?
>> 
>> Hi BD, I believe that most of us wound up here ie. on the LUG  'cus
>> of Leica lenses , cameras, and film...and we insisted that was God's
>> way, and was better than the alternatives.
>> Are you saying that you now get better photos with digital than you
>> can get with Leica lenses, cameras, and film ? Are there compromises?
>> Are you giving up something to get something else ?
>> 
>> This is my dilemma, perhaps yours, and a lot of other photographers
>> here...
>> 
>> 
>> Steve
> 
> 
> I'm not B.D. and I don't play B.D. on television, but I started using a
> Leica(flex) because I got better pictures with it.  The lenses, the
> viewfinder, the responsiveness and the sensory feedback have all made it
> easier to trip the shutter release at the right time where with other
> equipment I'd have spent twice as much time operating the hardware.  Turns
> out the lens quality is a bonus.  Sure I'll miss film if/when it disappears
> but the capture medium doesn't make my pictures: the camera's handling,
> responsiveness, and more than anything else the viewfinder are what I find
> crucial.  Yes it's possible to take good pictures with other equipment but
> if I'm not using a camera as responsive as the SL or with a viewfinder as
> good as the SL's I miss more pictures.
> 
> Things that would be handy that many digital cameras provide:
> 
> ) fast frame rate
> ) clean high ISO performance
> ) variable ISO
> ) huge memory card
> ) no-cost oopses
> ) no time spent scanning
> 
> What I'd give up:
> 
> ) the SL's viewfinder
> 
> In my case what I'd give up switching to a digital camera is far more
> important than the many benefits of a good DSLR.
> 
> --
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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