DISQUS

PXLated · 2 years ago

I would say it's not the camera but the person behind it.
Put that camera in one of our hands and you still have snapshots ;-)
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I remember when Poloroid came out with their Poloroid back for studio photographers (to shoot previews). In the hands of us meer mortals, all Poloroids looked like vacation snapshots. Poloroid hired pros to shoot demo shots and because they were pros, they knew lighting, composition, etc. and their shots were gorgous, you couldn't tell they were Poloroids.

PXLated · 2 years ago

Sorry if I double posted...as the notice said...but, none of the comments beyond the first (#1) are showing up (for me anyway) even on refresh or clearing my cache. So I'm assuming it's something gone bonkers on your end :-)

PXLated · 2 years ago

Ok, now I have two but not the one and dupe your system flagged or warned me about...weird.

PXLated · 2 years ago

Ok, I'll try this comment without the links and see if it works.
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Robert...Since this happens to be a photog post and I know you're always behind on your email, thought I'd post this here.
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Having been in the design business so long, I've had the pleasure of working with a lot of photographers (hence a strong interest) with different styles/approaches for various types of assignments. Been following your photowalking and when it takes place in a specific location, it reminds me of the way National Geographic photographers work...shoot thousands of photographs and edit for the best.
Here's a different approach by a former NG photographer you might enjoy...just one shot a day, no editing, make it a good one. You have to have (or develop) a very discerning eye... Jim Brandenburg...Chased By The Light...
Book is on Amazon and you can Google his site.
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Jim is a fellow Minnesotan and our paths have crossed several times...he played in a 60's rock band (The StarFires) headed up by a guy from my hometown they were inducted into the MN Rock hall of fame around the same time as my band (The Marauders). Don't know him well but is a very nice guy.

PXLated · 2 years ago

Ta Da...Seems to not like link love.

macbeach · 2 years ago

Unless I'm missing something this doesn't sound like what I'd call a "pocket" camera. Can you give more details? I've recently gone back to a full sized SLR (digital of course) after making do with one of the pocket digital cameras for a few years.

At first when I dumped my 35mm SLR for digital I was sure that all SLRs would be obsolete soon. That obviously hasn't happened and I'm doubtful that the reason has anything too do with technology, as opposed to profit margins. So now I have a nice digital camera with a lot of complex moving parts that can go wrong at any moment.

It's sort of like if they came up with digital watches and realizing the price was going to go into the double digits hastily re-introduced the winding stem and "seventeen jewel movements" behind the digital display.

sarchi · 2 years ago

..in 1934 leica experimented with a f/0.85 lens also with short dof.. :)

Timothy McClanahan · 2 years ago

Ya know, if you don't know how to change the aperture, you have no business using a $10,000 camera. Just a thought.

Pete Gilbert · 2 years ago

It's not the camera that takes the picture, its the person stood behind the camera. There's a good article by Ken Rockwell that discusses this point very well http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm

Robert Scoble · 2 years ago

Pete: agreed. But this camera can make images in places that my little Nikon simply can't.

Pete Gilbert · 2 years ago

Robert, believe me despite what I said, if I could afford a Leica, I'd be down the shop as quick as a rat up a drainpipe!

Teknisk analyse · 2 years ago

I'am with you. Have jused if for a long time.
See my test in http://www.theultimatevista.com/

Eric Eggertson · 2 years ago

When you're shooting with low light, you make choices about what's in focus and what's not.

I thought having the Podtech logo in focus, and you a bit fuzzy worked fine. The shot reminds me of my first camera, an Olympus OM-1 with a 1.4 50mm lens. Loved that camera while I was learning how to compose photos...

palmasco · 2 years ago

Hi, the photos look a little bit too "soft" (lack of contrast), but I guess that's the photographers choice.
Still I think that the Canon 5D with the amazingly beautiful new 50mm 1.2 (incredible precision and very elegant bouquet) has nothing to envy to Leica.

Yuvi · 2 years ago

Speaking of PhotoWalking, thanks to you, I've forked it off to create PhotoCommuting, and my world is already more richer. Thanks!

http://blog.yuvisense.net/2007/02/08/photocommu...

And, sorry about the delay in the Engadget vs Gizmodo post: I learnt a valuble lesson that Joel's been advocating for a long time("Never rewrite working code"). So, I'm starting off with the same base I used for your blog's analysis, and I expect to publish it by next week....

sth · 2 years ago

A Leica M8 with a Noctilux lens attached isn't a pocket camera by any stretch of the imagination. The body alone, though smaller than your average (D)SLR, is larger than most film Leica M bodies (the M5 may be a little bigger) and the Noctilux lens is unusually large for a 50mm prime, due to the wide aperture and complex lens geometry. In short, your headline is sheer hyperbole. Readers may draw their own conclusions; I personally like "...but that's hardly surprising."

Boris · 2 years ago

But does it have a flash???

sarchi · 2 years ago

..there was some months ago a piece of research news that either took the exposed image and re-focused it in several layers or used several exposures [as with hdr high dynamic range] but have not been able to trace it

Jonathan · 2 years ago

Does a camera that expensive come with a complementary boat or something?

Most Expensive Camera · 2 years ago

That is really expensive for a camera. I see you are interested in cameras. Here's another site you may want to look at to see some more very expensive cameras.

http://most-expensive-rare-cameras.blogspot.com/

celine · 2 years ago

oooohhhh!!! u know so expensive dat camera its like its not camera......

its the people who takes picture not the price of da camera but.... i like expensive ones