Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Reality check. Betcha 10 dollars my M2 outlasts your Olympus :-) Daniel On 4/22/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > Time for a reality check - ANY film system anyone gets into now is on > borrowed time, including - yes, it's true - Leica film. (Actually, there's > probably one exception to this, and that's large format, which has really > survived as an art tool, and will probably continue to survive for that > reason. ) While there will continue to be film cameras and film available > for a long time, and parts will probably be available for the likes of > Leica > for years to come, we are at the end of an era. > > > On 4/22/06 11:12 AM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > > I wish they had gotten into an RF system instead of the heavy, clunking, > > flopping mirror cameras. > > > > Jeffery Smith > > New Orleans, LA > > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > > Arche, > > Harvey > > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:57 AM > > To: lug@leica-users.org > > Subject: [Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya > > > > > > > > Daniel wrote: > >> Now, now. Not all is bleak: > >> > >> http://www.araxfoto.com/ > >> > >> Daniel > > > > These are new to me, but I don't pay close attention to the MF world. Has > > anybody anything to say about them? At those prices MF would be hard to > > not > > to move into. Its just too bad that the russian design esthetic for > > cameras > > hasn't moved away from coffins and hearses. Arche > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >