Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/09

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Subject: [Leica] High ISOs Comparison
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Sat Dec 9 18:59:06 2006
References: <20061206214243.BXP45425@ms03.lnh.mail.rcn.net> <A60E7CFF-A5DD-4A0E-BB3C-7324CEC5BBCA@comcast.net> <7.0.1.0.2.20061207080917.02807240@infoave.net> <43c3d48744166758eda769a953ddebaf@earthlink.net> <45782167.4010301@waltjohnson.com> <ekdhn2h0t93ippsdj85q38rn3628i0hdjr@4ax.com> <4578BCD2.2070801@waltjohnson.com> <e4ihn25nm9sr4jspupdob4qke9q51c6cd2@4ax.com> <4579764C.20602@waltjohnson.com> <iblmn2dv0fv2tr1kp7v06ml6mj4qmsml40@4ax.com> <457B74BF.7090505@waltjohnson.com> <adtmn29blmk06dko6va9dlhflfi1p94j7r@4ax.com>

Remember Jacques Lowe of JFK photo fame? All his negatives were in safe 
storage at the World Trade Center. No wonder he died shortly after that 
mess.

Eric wrote:

>Walt:
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>>I still think the M8 is flawed but maybe a mid range Canon? ;-)
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>The 5D was all I needed to move into digital.  I couldn't justify $8k for
>the 1Ds, but $3k for full frame seemed about right.  If I went with a
>cropped body for my main body, I'd need to buy another lens, and it would
>end up costing me about the same, anyway.
>
>At first, I was really nervous about digital.  And assumed that I'd be
>shooting the really important stuff on real silver B&W film.  No more.  My
>digital files are safer than my film has ever been.  I only have one copy of
>my negatives, and if my house burns down, they're gone.  My favorite digital
>files are replicated all over the place, and then some.
>
>
>
>--
>Eric
>http://canid.com/
>
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