Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, Eric......that's a big change in attitude from you (the F5 proponent of last year).... Francesco At 06:38 PM 1/24/98 -0600, you wrote: >At 09:57 PM 1/24/98 +0000, you wrote: > >>exspecially for the Nikon F90X and the 2.8 zoom lenses. Thinking about >>changing my R System to Nikon, I'll have a lot of questions: Will I be >>disappointed by the quality? What is the optical quality? Any experience? >>Is there someone using M6 and F90? Are there good and bad lenses in the >>AF range? And are the lenses in any way comparible with the Leitz M >>lenses? > >Yes you will be disappointed. There's no way around it. It's the glass, and >Leica R lenses are simply better (for the most part) than Nikon glass. > >And if you DO switch to non-Leica AF, go with Canon. The lenses are much >better. I switched form Canon to Nikon because of the F5, but then I >learned about Nikon's strategy with their new ultrasonic lenses which I had >figured would spread throughout the line. Forget it, it's never going to >happen. Nikon is second class and Canon has no intention of giving up its >technological superiority to them ever again. I made a mistake for a great >camera, and a mediocre company. > >But I'll tell you, shooting with Leica SLRs now is great. Like shooting >with old friends. I'll never give them up again. >========== > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. > > -Robert R. Coveyou > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/