J Mitchum Posted October 10, 2006 Share #21 Posted October 10, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yea you really would want a guy like this as a PR advertising guru,with this gem. a complete wanker Well yeah, you can't have someone honest working in the PR department. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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john_f Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share #22 Posted October 11, 2006 First, to Simon Orpen and Ronald Hooberman: welcome to the Leica Forum. About the comment “with digital we will be changing more often”, please keep in mind that it took Leica 18 years to go from the M6 to the M7 (1984 - 2002). We might have to wait at least another 4 or even 6 years before we see an M9 – by which point there will no doubt have been several firmware upgrades to the M8. I have to agree with John Buckley. We should concentrate on the message, not the messenger, especially since - as Steve Unsworth noted, it is most likely the text was translated from the German to Dutch and then into English. And we should be praising Leica's engineering and management team for the excellent team work they have done to bring to market the Leica M8. Considering where Leica Camera stood just a few years ago, this is a major turnaround ! One more small detail. It would appear that Michael Agel is a photographer, not a communications or PR specialist. Have a look a these two links: Leica - Links R-System and __________Michael Agel Photography___________ Best regards, John F. P.S. You were right, analogue is the correct English spelling. In digital "newspeak", an analog - oups analogue - camera is a film camera .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted October 11, 2006 Share #23 Posted October 11, 2006 Neither do i, the guy told the simple truth as we all know don't we? In my opinion, yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted October 11, 2006 Share #24 Posted October 11, 2006 I like the term the French use for the film cameras - "argentique". Slightly OT, but it's interesting to browse the German digital forum, there has always been much less fevered speculation and anticipation about the M8 compared to the international forum. Maybe the M8 is not as widely appreciated which would be surprising given its German heritage. Certainly, a German colleague is slightly bemused at my enthusiasm for all things Leica-M... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Branch Posted October 11, 2006 Share #25 Posted October 11, 2006 FYI, "Question : Since DNG can be converted with Photoshop, you don't develop your own software? Answer : We don't have our own RAW converter. But we will deliver software with the Leica M8 to copy the files to the computer. Photoshop is too slow as far as we are concerned." ." Can anyone enlighten me as the meaning of this comment - too slow for what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted October 11, 2006 Share #26 Posted October 11, 2006 Peter it sounds like he is talking about workflow with ACR. Which really is not the best at workflow. Having been a fan of C1 a long time it is just a much faster batch processing, editing workflow. Frankly bundling C1 with the M8 is a brillant move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
regista Posted October 11, 2006 Share #27 Posted October 11, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) This is precisely one of the reasons why, despite all the good things about it, I still fail to see the M8 as the digital equivalent of an analogue [sic] M series camera. Hopefully, with further advancements in electronic image acquisition and DSP technology, a subsequent release (M9 or not) will finally merit the M badge once and for all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted October 11, 2006 Share #28 Posted October 11, 2006 While you're busy sitting on the fence waiting for the next camera to come along, we'll be out there enjoying ourselves! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted October 11, 2006 Share #29 Posted October 11, 2006 Can anyone enlighten me as the meaning of this comment - too slow for what? Perhaps they have tried opening Photoshop, or even PS Elements on an intel mac - and are still waiting for the splash screen to go away. I would hope that Adobe don't make us wait till spring 07 to see universal versions of these apps.... Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted October 11, 2006 Share #30 Posted October 11, 2006 I have the Mac pro with the Intel chip and it is not that slow running under emulation. There talking RAW files here and working with them , this is strictly a raw processing comment and C1 on a Mac pro is lightning fast because it is Universal code. Example i processed a P45 file 16 bit that is 356 mg file with c1 in 6 seconds, my DMR files are under 3 seconds at 16 bit. C1 is mostly processor driven. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
regista Posted October 11, 2006 Share #31 Posted October 11, 2006 While you're busy sitting on the fence waiting for the next camera to come along, we'll be out there enjoying ourselves! Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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