Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps you have a professional photographer in mind who shoots macro or anything with a 4/3's system camera? Which by the way is a .3 millimeter away from the notorious pocket instamatic format which brought home photography to its knees in 1972. 13x17mm's Making for lots more work shooting family pictures for up and coming photographers. The dads were crippled. It was the silver scandal. Not its the 4/3's format scandal. We must save hard disk space its the green thing to do! -- Mark R. > From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 07:47:25 +0000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] D700 or D7000 > > So those that do macro or telephoto stuff? Rubish I would say..... > > > ;-) john - saving up for the IQ180..... > > ________________________________________ > > > People are moving up in format not down. > No serious photographer uses 4/3s format it is not acceptable pro level > gear. > The compacts coming out now that people are excited about are the 1.5 crops > as they are so much more capable than the 2x crop. Its only a matter of > time > that a compact 1x comes out. The law of digital is things take way quicker > than you think they will and half that. Its a lucrative field for r and d > to > pay off. If I sit here thinking a digital full frame in effect Rollei 35 > will come out in 4 years it will be 2 years. Make that one. > -- > Mark R. > > >> >> How do you know that? Rumours are that Sony are not renewing their >> A900/850 >> range. Still very few FF cameras released and the Micro 4/3 (2x) and Sony >> NEX (1.5x) range taking off with matching video cameras. I would not >> describe the NEX/Panasonic 4/3 range as your typical P+S..... Who needs >> the >> "quality" of FF over either of those? >> >> john >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> What market is this the A&P or the Safeway? >> Point and shoots are 1.5 crop now not 2x crop. >> Soon they will be 1x. >> -- >> Mark R. >> >> >>> >>> I doubt it will happen, the market is retreating to Micro 4/3s and all >>> the >>> cost saving involved. Few people are after the "quality" :-( >>> >>> John - still got 35S and 35TE >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> >>> I looking for a digital Rollei 35. >>> A 24x36mm sensor in a body which acts as a life support system for it. A >>> body about he size of a Rollei 35. Or what we call a point and shoot. >>> It could be an Evil camera. But I'm in tough with my dark side. >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information