Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neopan 1600 black and white my favorite film is neither grainy nor gritty. Its smooth as a babies tushy when used with the proper dilution of Xtol or any number of other developers And regular professional care. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Harrison McClary <lists@mcclary.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:17:19 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: Drowning men - was Re: [Leica] Surprises at Photokina > > Yep...back in film days 1600 ISO film was quite grainy and gritty, in > color it looked pretty bad. Now look at the new Nikons and the 25000 > ISO...what Leica needs to do is get an M out that shoots high ISO's like > a modern camera, not like one made in 2002. With a top ISO of even 6400 > you really do not need a f1 lens anymore, and in most cases a 2.8 is > fast enough at that high of an ISO. > > > Dante Stella wrote: >> >> >> It was a different story twenty some years ago when 35mm film was 35mm >> film. Today, the market moves looks at camera body features, and once >> you've saturated the market of people (like me) who already have >> sizeable investments in M glass, you need something else to drive >> sales. That means compelling upgrades (read: serious upgrades to >> sensor, in-body IS, ultrasonic dust removal) for existing users and >> conquest sales to get more people into the system. >> >> Dante > > > -- > Harrison McClary > Harrison McClary Photography > harrison@mcclary.net > http://www.mcclary.net > ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography > http://www.imagestocksouth.com > Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: > http://www.mcclary.net/blog > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information