[rollei_list] Re: Decline of Rollieflex/Film
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:59:17 -0700
Good point. He can simply purchase an M9. Although at $7K it is a bit
pricey, if you have Leica lenses it may make sense since you can reuse them
and do not have to learn a completely new camera. But in doing so he would
have to change and actually embrace a brave new world. Plus there would be
nothing to complain about, except politics. I do not think that will happen.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Frank Dernie
<Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> 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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