Re: [Leica] contax g2 lenses - comparable to Leica M?

["Jeff S" <segawa@netone.com>]

I'd love to try one. My biggest concern is focusing, and the fact that the
G2 gives no handy means of focus confirmation (unless you consider peering
at the top-mounted LCD "handy"). For instance, there's no distance readout
as there is in the Fuji GA645, and while you've got an "electronic
rangefinder" in the G2, you're relying on the very same circuits which
handle the AF, so what's the point?

Would be curious to know what cost of service, service intervals and
reliability are like, not to mention service turnaround times--Leica USA
just took around 4-1/2 weeks to get my 50 Elmar back to me under the
Passport Warranty, and it doesn't look like they changed any parts, just
unbent the bent metal parts and applied some paint. Nuts, had I known, I
could've saved myself 4-1/2 weeks.

I'm eager to see what the G3 will bring!

Jeff

- -----Original Message-----
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>
>I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the Contax G2.
>It seems to be a very cool little unit, and I understand that the Zeiss
>lenses are equal in quality to the Leica M lenses.  It seems that
>Contax has taken care of the frames problem and parallax.