That was precisely my take on it as well. I lusted after the D800 but ultimately doubled my money and put it back in my pocket... Speedy > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:26:13 -0500 > From: tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: "Leica Photography" Is Dead. Leica Killed It. > > > My take on the Df is that it's just marketing fluff. I see nothing > compelling about this > camera and - if actually cared about digital - my preference would be a D800. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------! > --- > > From: babaphoto@xxxxxxxx > > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:37:37 +0000 > > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: "Leica Photography" Is Dead. Leica Killed It. > > > > group: > > I doubt Leica photography is dead, per se. Out of reach for us poor > > mortals, yes. (Really $4,000.00 for a camera body??) > > However, there is some hope for the range finder via Voightlander/Bessa, > > former soviet union (zorki), and others. > > The real issue is the transition from analog to digital. If only some > > clever group could come up with a simple, as in f-stop // shutter speed > > only, digital, with a digital storage, rather than film???? At a fair > > price? This could be similar to the transition from glass plate negatives > > to film. Only from film to pixel. Not necessarily a telephone, but a > > camera that can swap glass? > > crazy, No? > > Be well and happy Purim. > > baba > > be well > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > *Never Eat This Carb* > > Literally Never! 1 Easy Tip to Increase Fat Burning, Lower Blood Sugar > > <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/532055313821c55316be0st03duc>*MailScanner > > has detected a possible fraud attempt from "thirdpartyoffers.juno.com" > > claiming to be* FixYourBloodSugar.com > > <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/532055313821c55316be0st03duc> > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Daneliuk tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.