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Subject: [Leica] Confirmation of new Photokina products
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Thu Sep 18 14:03:02 2008
References: <091820081433.9339.48D266D00005C5830000247B219791299503010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <A2429A5A-2A83-4591-953F-7DE298896B20@mac.com> <5A58F232-32B8-4E4F-9182-297864D4D4E4@charter.net> <A72C9ED4-72EF-44A9-A437-162554340EE4@verizon.net> <48D2A7EA.1010701@tele2.fr> <4BA8C00E-D443-4ADF-9A4B-7F4A13F365BD@mac.com>

I went to a presentation of a VDO projector tonight  (not the D 1200)  
listed round 3500 euros, and not LCD.

I found that the blacks were still not up to the task and it lacked the 
sweet tone of slides - a friend of mine had brought one of his slide pro 
pradovits along and we could compare a slide with an excellent file of 
the same subject.
I hope the D1200 will fare better than what we saw.

The only good point is that I had brought a couple of files taken with 
the L1, and I found that its 7.5 Mpixels were enough for an acceptable 
3m x 1.5m projection, which I had never expected. It fared as well if 
not better than files from a 10 Mp D200 and pro lenses. Who would have 
thought? My friend was disappointed when the sellers/technicians saw 
mine and said WOW, that's quality, what's the gear?

But I'm neither ready for a "cheap" one, nor in a financial position to 
spend 14K on a DPrado 1200 - tough!

Oh yes, disappointment also in the fact that shots taken vertical leave 
huge white bands on the sides that affect viewing to a painful degree.

Phx



Lottermoser George wrote:

> guess you may be close (a day ago someone had it listed at $3K)
> these folks have it $14K
> <http://www.berger-bros.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? 
> Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LEI38000&Category_Code=&Store_Code=BBCVD>
>
> Fond regards,
> George
>
> george@imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
>
> On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Philippe AMARD wrote:
>
>> Unless I'm mistaken, the price tag annouced in a French mag was  
>> 9.950 euros ... make it 10.000 dollars and it would be closer to  
>> what one might have to pay.
>> Not for me, that's certain, I'm not an institution in any respect LoL
>> But I might have got the figure wrong.
>> Sorry for all if true.
>> Phx
>>
>>
>> Leonard Taupier wrote:
>>
>>> Actually $3000 is mid priced for a high quality digital projector.  
>>> I  have not compared specs with the high priced ($10K) units but  
>>> it  looks pretty good to me. If asked to buy a projector for my  
>>> company I  would take a good look at the Leica.
>>>
>>> Len
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:11 PM, slobodan dimitrov wrote:
>>>
>>>> Most of this kind of stuff from leica is geared for the   
>>>> institutional buyer. Much of their darkroom and heavy copy   
>>>> equipment went to deep pocket organization, rarely to individuals.
>>>> I'm sure the digital projector will ride on the qualitative coat-  
>>>> tails of its film based progenitor.
>>>> The loyalty to their projectors is well deserved.
>>>> s.d.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 18, 2008, at 8:35 AM, Lottermoser George wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> $3,000 for the Pradovit D1200
>>>>>
>>>>> Fond regards,
>>>>> George
>>>>>
>>>>> george@imagist.com
>>>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 18, 2008, at 9:33 AM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If we can afford it...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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