Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sure, that's all true. I meant just a technical point on overall sensor size and thus "pixel size" when comparing a 10 megapixel P&S with a small sensor size to the DMR or the Nikon D200 or whatever. As in a prior post, I don't yet find the digi P&S attractive to me, but that could certainly change sometime in the future. For now, my D200, typically with a 35/2, does it for me on the digital front. But that's just me. Scott Gary Todoroff wrote: > George - the LUG has meaningfully compared M's to Yaschica T's, > Ricohs, and other point and shoots. Meaningless comparison? I've > compared my Leica M's to every other camera I've ever owned. Usually > the Leica comes out ahead. But the Olympus E-330, which can also be > used as a P&S, represents an advance in photography that eclipses > almost anything the M can do, digital or not. I am extremely > disappointed in Leica's approach to digital. > > I love Leica lenses. However their approach to cameras has been like > trying to release a new 1957 Chevy with a more powerful engine, but > still with a manual choke, no seat belts, and a clock that stops after > about 20,000 miles - fun for an nostalgic cruise with the top down. > Leica has ignored the creative capability of modern digital. They used > to be at the forefront of photographic equipment and systems. They > appear to have abandoned the legacy that made great and creative > cameras, and now concentrate strictly on "legacy" as an end in itself. > > And the M8 price is WAY out of line for a computer box that keeps out > light. I predict that the M8 may indeed hold its value - but strictly > as a collectible someday because Leica sold so few of them. > > Gary Todoroff > > P.S. to Scott - it's also as "meaningless" to compare the "dinky P&S > sensor" as it was to compare the dinky PC computer to mainframe > computers 20 years ago. How many mainframes have you seen lately? > Change is hard - don't dismiss it with a blanket claim of "meaningless". > > At 08:00 AM 09/13/06, you wrote: > >> It's also meaningless to compare an M anything to a P&S anything - >> whether digital or film. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george@imagist.com >> >> >> >> On Sep 12, 2006, at 8:32 PM, Scott McLoughlin wrote: >> >>> It's meaningless to compare a dinky P&S sensor to the >>> one in the DMR. >> >> >> >> _ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)