Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 26, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Not in a long time George. > > > On 6/26/13 2:46 PM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > >> >> On Jun 26, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> And every time I reached for my 35mm ASPH f2 Summicron M >> >> and when was the last time you made a new photograph with that lens Mark? That's what I thought. While I truly appreciate all that you say in "defense" of Leica; you must also understand how silly some of it sounds when you've never even used a serious, digital Leica camera body; (other than the Digilux 1 - a total toy camera - which I also owned); while, at the same time, many of us have used the serious digital Leica cameras for 10's of thousands of exposures over many years. In other words we're speaking from actual experience with the cameras; whether we"re expressing frustration or, more often, appreciation. And the same can be said of the those expressing appreciation for Fuji (or any other) cameras. They're speaking from actual experience with the hardware, software and files; while you refer to them as toy cameras - having never worked with them at all. As far as I can recall you've had experience with 3 Nikon digital camera models. Two of those used severely cropped sensors and one, your D700, uses a so-called full frame sensor; which at this point in digital history, as you're fond of pointing out regarding other makes of camera is discontinued - no longer made, etc. I say this with the utmost respect for much of what you have to say about process, history, aesthetics, etc.; and serious appreciation for many of your photographs; Fond regards, George george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist