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Subject: [Leica] Re: The Elusive Digilux 3 (NOT DLlux3)
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Mon Feb 19 20:06:11 2007

Mark,

What does all that have to do with Bobs questions?

Gene

-------------- Original message from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>: 
-------------- 


> On 2/19/07 9:15 PM, "grduprey@mchsi.com" typed: 
> 
> > Bob, 
> > 
> > Not sure what you are worried about. The Digilux 3 is readily available, 
> > and 
> > for a difference of $500 and the warranty differences it is easily worth 
> > the 
> > premium. If you do not want ot pay the extra, get one of the Oly or 
> > other 4/3 
> > format cameras and buy the R adapter and then use R lenses on it. A huge 
> > deal 
> > either way. From what I have seen with my M8 so far, those kicking it 
> > are 
> > full of beans. Sure there are some initial bugs, but it would appear 
> > they 
> > have been solved or were pretty minor to begin with. So far my M8 works 
> > as 
> > advertised. If you are thinking of buying a Leica or Panasonic Digital, 
> > do so 
> > and enjoy it and ignore the disenters. 
> > 
> > Gene 
> > 
> > 
> 
> If what you are doing is filling magazine or newspaper pages with their 
> halftone screens then 4/3s would fill the ticket to perfection. 
> 
> But it seems to me if you wanted to have a show of prints later then you 
> have size limitations which may not appeal to you. 
> 
> The sports illustrated bathing suit issues used to be pretty good or I was 
> too young to know any better I think the former. They hit the tubes big 
> time 
> about 8 years ago they are terrible now. The gal who'd been the art 
> director 
> for decades they got rid of. 
> 
> I know some of those guys marketed those shots in all kinds of ways one of 
> ways were gallery display shots on walls. For the "Art" market. Which was 
> the "Tim" market was well as the "Harry" market. 
> 
> Big inkjets from 4/3 format look great just as long as you can experience 
> them (in a few bars) 
> Far far away. 
> A good "viewing distance". 
> 
> When you walk right up to them they get fuzzy. Like stage scenery. 
> Don't start checking out the "grain". 
> 
> But shooting those models with that D3 camera and lens had had to work out 
> real well. 
> 
> Didn't see anyone with any reflectors though. Those disk things. 
> You always use those for those. Used to be foam core. Now they're flappy 
> disks. Silver on one side. White on the other. With a thin candy shell. 
> 
> Mark Rabiner 
> New York, NY 
> 
> markrabiner.com 
> 
> 
> 
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