Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Impress your friends with the great images you make on outdated equipment. They will bow and call you Magician. At 11:41 AM 3/3/2009, you wrote: >So I need to "invest" in a digital camera soon. I'm shooting for the >Temple University News now and next semester I'll be required to have one >for my documentary photography class. Question is, do I go with the >outdated 6MP Epson R-D1 and use the great lenses I already have or do I >buy into a new system and invest in new lenses? Mind you, finds are rather >tight so I'm trying to stretch my dollars as much as possible. I'm >thinking the Epson is already outdated, but then again, aren't all >digitals by the time they hit our camera bags? I can save $$$ with an >Epson and not buy any new lenses. If I go for a Nikon or Canon, I'm also >in for lenses, none of which I own anymore for either system. >Any opinions? M8 is out of the question. Try not to mention it. >Thanks, >Phil Forrest > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049 "I am the radiation"