Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/16
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> At 00:43 15.10.1997 -0500, Eric wrote:
> >Leica knows Rangefinders and glass, but when it comes to figuring out
> >those new fangled SLR things, look out. Nope, I don't find Leica's SLR
> >body designs up to snuff, and in that sense, I don't consider them
> >Leicas.You see, to be a REAL Leica, it has to be among the very best of
the
> >very best.Cameras are a box that lets light in. AF is handy for sports
shooters, in
> those situations where they need it. But Leica's SLR bodies are not the
> reason to own them. It's for the lenses you can't mount on a
rangefinder.
> The glass is the best of the best, and thus, qualifies as Leicas. Bodies
> are peripherals to keep lenses working. M or R. Leica's M camera bodies
have been challenged by only the Contax G series.
> Hardly a "best of the best" situation. Leica's rangefinders are best of
the
> best only because there hasn't been competition.
In Italy we say:
"Eric you speak like a book......."
I support you.
Guido Ridoli
LEICA M superfan
guirid@numerica.it