Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-20 Thread Miserere
On 19 September 2012 07:30, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 17/9/12, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I think we might all be chipping in to buy Cotty a new hat sometime soon. ;-) Well I hate to say it, but even I might have to agree with you. BUT do you think

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 17/9/12, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I think we might all be chipping in to buy Cotty a new hat sometime soon. ;-) Well I hate to say it, but even I might have to agree with you. BUT do you think Photokina is where they will announce a FF? I somehow doubt it. But I think it

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-19 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/19/2012 7:30 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 17/9/12, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I think we might all be chipping in to buy Cotty a new hat sometime soon. ;-) Well I hate to say it, but even I might have to agree with you. BUT do you think Photokina is where they will

OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread Bruce Walker
I present the new Leica M-E: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/17/Leica-M-E-18MP-stripped-down-full-frame-rangefinder It's full-frame, has a completely stripped-down feature set, and has a suitably insane pricetag. Comes with something called Leica Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. I wonder if

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread Miserere
Once again Leica provides the comic relief. I've been chuckling since they announced this earlier in the afternoon (please don't ask why I was waiting for it). The M-E looks for all the World to be an M9. Maybe it's missing a few things, but essentially that's what it is. So what Leica is saying

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The M-E's stripped down feature set is so similar to the M9 it might as well be the same camera. So $5500 instead of $7000 ... it's a great savings. I hardly use anything but those stripped down features anyway. That the new M, with weather sealing, new 24Mpixel sensor, RF and EVF, 1080p video,

RE: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I could never afford one but it's about what I would want in a digital rangefinder. As for the version of Photoshop, it won't let you crop. Leica rangefinder photography does not permit cropping. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Newer stuff in the electronics world generally gets you more for less money. That's the way it's been for 50 years at least, with each successive generation of electronic equipment. Happily, the new M looks to be exactly what I was hoping for, and the price is no higher than what I paid for the

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: I present the new Leica M-E: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/17/Leica-M-E-18MP-stripped-down-full-frame-rangefinder There's also the Leica M - a full-featured full-frame Leica (24 megapixels) for a bit more money. They're the 5th and 6th full-frame cameras to be

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread Rob Studdert
On 18 September 2012 10:13, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: They're the 5th and 6th full-frame cameras to be introduced in the past week... Seriously it will never be viable ;) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype,

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 September 2012 10:13, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: They're the 5th and 6th full-frame cameras to be introduced in the past week... Seriously it will never be viable ;) I think we might all

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread Darren Addy
I'm sorry, but Leica cameras exist in my universe like Rolex watches exist in my universe (which is to say, I know people for whom status symbols are important but I am unwilling to pay full price for the name)*. Which is not to say that I won't pick up a new in-the-box Mont Blanc Meisterstuck

Re: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
The pull quote, Leica announces a more affordable rangefinder: You mean it's not? On 9/17/2012 7:27 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I could never afford one but it's about what I would want in a digital rangefinder. As for the version of Photoshop, it won't let you crop. Leica

RE: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...

2012-09-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker I present the new Leica M-E: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/17/Leica-M-E-18MP-stripped-down-full-frame-rangefinder It's full-frame, has a completely stripped-down feature set, and has a suitably insane pricetag. Comes with something called Leica Adobe Photoshop