digi_mon

Academics are definitely a strange bunch,

http://www.stuffacademicslike.com

Academics are a strange bunch,

http://www.stuffacademicslike.com

Just out of curiosity ... what proportion of the photos in this thread were generated by a leica

and/or a rangefinder? For convenience, you can count up to this msg.

OK so what then is the mandate of this forum and of picture-of-the-week? Is it pictures

(leica/rangefinder or not) from photographers who are "also" leica/rangefinder photogs and

who happen to take some good non-leica/rangefinder photos once in a while, or is it

something more confusing - a forum for an "in-group" to share photos?

OK ... so a naive question. Some shots on picture-of-the-week in the leica&rangefinder forum are actually DSLRs (e.g. 5D, D2X)... is this de facto permission for everyone to do this, or only for a few 'royalty' ?

I'm not trying to rock the boat ... just honestly asking

I am having a crisis of conscience. I inherited some expensive leica gear from a relative who died (an M6

and a very nice newish summilux 35mm ASPH 1.4). I have used it off and on and while I love the

portability, the quietness, and the quality of the lens, I find it takes me a lot of time (which I don't have a

lot of these days) to get film/slides processed, scanned, and then post-manipulated.

I also use a canon DSLR, a very good one, but of course it's heavier, bigger, and noisier (acoustically I

mean). I love how fast it is to get a shot from the memory card to the computer. I only have one lens for it

(24-70mm f/2.8) and I would like to buy two more (135mm f/2 and 16-35mm f/2.8) (they are expensive

although not as expensive as leicas).

SO

I would like to hear from people who have actually sold leica equipment to fund the purchase of DSLR

stuff.

Do you regret it? Would you command-Z (undo) if you could?

Thanks