[Leica] Leica qulaity and reliability

[Iain.Dawson@ea.gov.au (Iain Dawson)]

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          Joe 
          That is more or less the point I was trying to make - in the end 
     its 
          horses for courses.  Aren't all cameras niche cameras?  If there 
     was a 
          universal camera we would all own it. I often take only the Leica 
     and 
          50mm 1.4 and one type of film (even for extended overseas 
     travel). 
          This works exceptionally well for my personal pictures and I 
     don't 
          miss other lenses and features. Not so long ago there were a lot 
     of 
          professional photographers who made a good living even though 
     they 
          were equipped with fixed lens Rolleiflexes.  They probably still 
          could.  However, for my work photographs I couldn't use only M 
          cameras.
          Iain
          
          <<From: "Joe Stephenson" <joeleica@email.msn.com>
          Iain,
          I appreciated your thoughtful comments. However, you, and other's 
          recently,
          have characterized the M series as "niche cameras." I suppose it 
          depends
          what you do, but I almost always use either 35 or 50mm lens. No 
     macro, 
          no
          telephoto. For me the M6 is an ideal all-round camera. I like the 
     view 
          in
          the range finder, the framing is perfectly adequate, and I like 
     using 
          the
          M6. So for me, my Olympus 0m1 is the niche camera: macro and long 
          lenses. It
          all depends.
          Joe Stephenson>>
     
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