[rollei_list] Re: Decline of Rollieflex/Film
- From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:07:38 +0000
Hi Peter,
as you may know, I own several cameras. I have had loads over the years. My
current cameras are a Nikon D3x, a Panasonic GH1 and a Leica M9.
Of these, I prefer the Leica since it is small and relatively light. It is
nowhere near as versatile as the others, but I find that is what I choose to
carry. Marc could still use his existing lenses on one, and the handling is
familiar to him. It is quite pricy, though less than Marc's list and less than
the D3x! A good economy since he will not need to buy lenses.
I still have some Canon stuff, but I never liked the control ergonomics, and
really had not realised how average their wide angle lenses were before I got
the Leica M8.
Anyway, I am not much of a fan of zooms, since the light ones are slow and the
slightly faster ones immense and heavy. For my taste the M9 is the best camera
I have ever used.
cheers,
Frank
On 25 Mar, 2010, at 12:55, Peter K. wrote:
> Marc,
>
> You will never change. You are still clinging to the past and still conjuring
> up the wrong dollar amounts. Fact is it is a lot less than you think. Camera
> is about $700 for a basic Canon Rebel. Lenses far less than the Leica
> Antiques you own. PCs these days complete with PhotoShop and Windows 7 you
> can get for under $1K. If you want a really nice Digital, a Canon 5D Mark 2
> full frame digital can be had for a about $2,500, that is 1/5 of what you
> think a camera sells for.
>
> All you have to do is part with your Antique Leica, you know the company that
> survives these days only because they make lenses for the digital Panasonic
> cameras as their market of Doctors and Lawyers who purchase Lizard skin
> bodies has died away, and you will have more than you need for a modern
> camera with results far better than you are used to.
>
> Peter K
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> At 02:35 AM 3/25/2010, Frank Dernie wrote:
> >Can you let me have a breakdown of the 35 grand requirement please? I
> >am wondering what essential items I must have forgotten to buy.
>
> Sure.
>
> Camera $12,000
> five lenses 12,000
> Photoshop 750
> Class in same 2,000
> Special printer 2,000
> Special inks 2,000
> special paper 2,000
>
> Every month, the inks and papers have to be replaced. Every six months, the
> camera and lenses and printer need to be updated. Every year, you need to
> buy a new version of Photoshop which is so different that you need to take a
> new class in it.
>
> You might want to subscribe to the Leica Users Group. I unsubscribed when
> all they were discussing was the huge cost of digital. As I do not do
> digital, I saw no reason to remain there!
>
> Wait fifty years, and it will work out. The current situation with digital
> was the situation with film a hundred years back. Things will eventually
> even out. In thirty years, I might get into digital ...
>
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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