Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/15
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covers had no idea what cameras I've used.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Michael Eric Berube <pj at
goodphotos.com>wrote:
> Mark Rabiner lost a few covers in the NYTimes and assumed the loss was
> due to prejudice against his equipment.
> This has led him to the following false conclusion:
> >The cropped bodies are toys that no one takes seriously any more.
> >That's why they cost 800 bucks.
> >
> >Its like you traded in your M6 for a 110 pocket instamatic and you think
> >they are equivalent. "I thought it would be nice to have something
> smaller!"
>
> In comparing the D700:D700 question to 135:110 Mr. Rockwell
> (sorry...Rabiner) has made it clear what to take seriously.
>
> There is a HUGE difference between the 2005 DX tech that was in his
> D200 and 2010 DX tech that is in the D7000.
> I've owned and fed my family with the D100, D70, D70s, D2h, D200, D60,
> D90, D700 and D7000. (Still have the D60, D90 and D7000.)
> I'll reiterate my previous comment...I LOVED my D700, but the sensor
> in my 'toy' D7000 provides me an image quality equal to the D700 which
> I used for 2.5 years in every respect unless I'm (rarely) shooting
> above 3200ISO and then some tweaking in PS.CS5 evens the balance.
>
> The NYTimes, like most newspapers in the country prints on Charmin{tm}
> with big dots of ink. Do you really think you can tell the difference
> between even a D100 image and a D3x image printed on Charmin? No. It
> isn't the quality of your camera that will lose you a cover any more
> than it will loose you any other job. "Professionals" use the tool
> that works for the job at hand. If we can get a tool which will do the
> equivalent job and it costs $800 instead of $8000 that is a few more
> mortgage payments that we don't have to worry about.
>
> Carpe lumen,
> Michael Eric Berube
>
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