Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/13

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Mon Nov 13 17:37:58 2006
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Harrison,
Yes, if Canon came out with a digital version of the RS I would buy it
tommorrow.  I find at near wide open settings I can use one as a
Rangefinder.  Plus, dust would not be an issue.

Don
don.dory@gmaill.com


On 11/13/06, Harrison McClary <harrison@mcclary.net> wrote:
>
> Matt Powell wrote:
> >
> > Well, yes - that's why I wondered if this was a bigger issue with the
> > 5d. The way dpreview and photo.net posters talk, the 5d works as a
> > lovely vacuum for all the dust in your immediate area.
> Oh my God...most of those people would not know what to do with a camera
> if it fell on them...all they do is bitch and moan about stuff that does
> not make one hill of beans difference to real photography.
>
> Dust on the sensor shows up when you shoot at really small apertures,
> and unless it is sa huge spot it is normally not even noticable when you
> print it.
>
> I LOVE the way they talk about vignetting like they never heard of it
> before also on the 5D...heck on 35mm chrome a lot of Canon's lenses
> vignetting and you just lived with it...never bothered me.  Of course
> many of them are of the digital age and never shot a roll of film, much
> less chrome, in their lives.
>
> Speaking of Canon, why do they not make a EOS1DIInRS?  I always thought
> the 1NRS sounded like a neat camera, never got one but always wanted
> to...I'd jump on a 1DIIRS quickly.
>
> --
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