Guest darkstar2004 Posted July 28, 2008 Share #81 Posted July 28, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) tut tut ... you forgot Cambo, Wista, Horseman, Chamonix, and (shame, shame) Linhof (or is that what you meant by "Linkof"?). Actually, I think Osaka is made by Tachihara, but there are still a whole bunch of makers that seem to be actually selling those obsolete cameras. Yes, Linkhof = Linhoff (overlooked a typo). So see, there are so many view camera builders that i can't keep track of them all! 19 or 20 in all, which is a good thing! I still hold out hope that as long as view cameras soldier on, there's also a niche and hope for RF cameras, especially Leicas. But you've got one so what is the problem? Well Ken, I guess I just hate to see a great camera or lens cease production. I have an XPAN II yet I mourned its demise. I mourned the demise of the Fuji 617 120/220 panoramic camera (I don't have one). Yes, I have an MP - but if it is lost/stolen/destroyed in a house fire or flood, then I won't have one - NOT good if they are no longer being made. Besides that, I hope that as others scrape and save, they will also be able to walk out and buy an MP and a couple of lenses if they want to. That little block of metal and glass has brought me more entertainment, enjoyment, great images, nice memories and plain old fun than about anything else I own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StS Posted July 28, 2008 Share #82 Posted July 28, 2008 To join in, I need Leica to exist in some years as well, since I'm actually expecting to be offered a sensor exchange, when sensors have made a real step forward. I'm also expecting to pay an amount for this exchange, which would have bought me a new DSLR. I'm furthermore expecting to be almost as fond of the M8 as of the M3 then, hence an exchange will be out of question by then. I'm as well expecting a lot of people not to understand my investment then to upgrade a camera, which does not even offer face recognition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted July 28, 2008 Share #83 Posted July 28, 2008 [quote name= Well Ken' date=' I guess I just hate to see a great camera or lens cease production. I have an XPAN II yet I mourned its demise. I mourned the demise of the Fuji 617 120/220 panoramic camera (I don't have one). Yes, I have an MP - but if it is lost/stolen/destroyed in a house fire or flood, then I won't have one - NOT good if they are no longer being made. But you are projecting, what if- what if you die tomorrow. Just enjoying using what you have and be grateful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 29, 2008 Share #84 Posted July 29, 2008 Erwin Puts has too much time on his hands........blah, blah, blah,,,,,,,, Erwin-bashing is sooo last-year..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshore Posted July 31, 2008 Share #85 Posted July 31, 2008 Only if RF is a SECRET AGENT MAN! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooky Posted July 31, 2008 Share #86 Posted July 31, 2008 Perhaps Erwin bashing IS so last year......He is a very smart man, and I do like to read his optical tests. I don't mean to bash him but sometimes it all seems just a little too much mental exercising....... Oh well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimmy pro Posted August 1, 2008 Share #87 Posted August 1, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I gotta give Irwin credit where it's due. At least he doesn't have such an inflated ego he thinks his opinions are worth paying to read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshore Posted August 1, 2008 Share #88 Posted August 1, 2008 Flame retardant suit time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamhowa Posted August 5, 2008 Share #89 Posted August 5, 2008 I was a technophobe and shot with an M-2 and M-4 for a very long time after the M-6 became available. I shot with an M-6 for over 11 years and refused to consider the advantages of TTL Flash in the R-8. Finally I upgraded to the R-8. Just a month ago I decided to add a Nikon digital Camera to my tool set and was blown away by the results I got with almost no effort. The fact is that digital is the future, I don't like it because it strips away alot of what made me love photograhy in general. Leica is at least 3 to 4 years behind the competition in adapting to this fact and providing products that compete head to head. I used to say that Leica optics were always superior, but is that really true anymore? As a German-American who's ancestral home is only a few miles from Wetzlar and who lived there for a couple of years while in the Army, I want Leica to be what I grew up believing it was, but I am afraid the future is digital, and RF-photography in a digital age seems way out of place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted August 6, 2008 Share #90 Posted August 6, 2008 Everything changes- The main teaching of the Buddha was impermanence and being attached to anything can only cause pain. Once we understand that nothing is permanent, only then are we free, whilst we cling, we are not free and the result is suffering. Nothing has any power from it's own side only that which we give it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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