Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25

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Subject: [Leica] new to DMR - newbie question
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sat Mar 25 10:47:51 2006
References: <C04AB8DC.5AD2%telyt@earthlink.net> <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNEELIECAB.red735i@earthlink.net>

Damn, Frank, why did you ever switch from buggy to car? :-) God forbid one 
has to master new technology.
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...... Original Message .......
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:57:57 -0800 "Frank Filippone" 
<red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
"This is one of the funniest discussions we have had in a while....
"
"Take the penultimate Film man, able to capture birds in seemingly
"taxidermist type poses, using a 1  film technology from the 50's, camera
"technology from the 60's and give him a brand new digital camera ( back).
"Now he has to cope with figuring out where the card plug in, what types,
"sizes, makers, speeds, techniques and mysterious incantations must be said:
"add to this the "gift" of a computer running an OS that may or may not
"accept his new cards ( this year or next year), running new SW that has 
been
"bug free for what, 20 minutes ( today.. tomorrow is another issue).... and
"you get questions like these.....  And we have not yet started the ..
"workflow.... discussions.....  Learning curve?  What learning curve.....
"INCANTATIONS.... THAT is the Answer.....
"
"Doug.. FILM.. the NEW technology......Safe, Secure, easy to use..... never
"goes out of date ( not.. date code) ...... and amazingly, it WORKS!
"
"( having way too much fun at Doug's expense....)
"
"Frank Filippone
"red735i@earthlink.net
"
"-----Original Message-----
"From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
"[mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of
"Douglas Herr
"Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 9:08 AM
"To: Leica Users Group
"Subject: Re: [Leica] new to DMR - newbie question
"
"
"I'm sure there was a learning curve for the SL2 & K64 as well but that was
"so long ago that it's been completely obliterated from my memory ;-)  I
"expect that some day the DMR will be as instinctive as the Leicaflexes are.
"BTW my K64 is gone, I've been using Provia 400F & E100G in the 'flexes
"lately.
"
"Doug Herr
"Birdman of Sacramento
"http://www.wildlightphoto.com
"
"
"
"
"on 3/25/06 8:57 AM, Frank Filippone at red735i@earthlink.net wrote:
"
"> I remind you that your SL2 never had these problems...... !
">
"> Are you sure you want to go digital?  This is the start of a new 
world....
"> the world of techno-photography, where your 13 year old son or daughter 
is
"> your best friend.....Maybe a switch to something besides K64 is a less
"> painful choice?
">
"> Frank Filippone
"> red735i@earthlink.net
">
"> I've plugged the camera into the computer via the supplied (firewire?)
"cable
"> - am I supposd to see something happen?  Do I need an OS upgrade?  the
"> installer for PS Elements supplied with the DMR complains about the OS.
">
">
">
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Replies: Reply from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] new to DMR - newbie question)
In reply to: Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) ([Leica] new to DMR - newbie question)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] new to DMR - newbie question)