Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/27
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On the subject of mix and matching Leica with "the others", here is my
experience...
I find using a Leica M in conjunction with an EOS makes you appreciate them
BOTH more. To me, it is just such an obvious thing to do - I use an M6 with
28, 35, 50 and 90 lenses, and an EOS 1, with 20, 24 T/SE, 28-70, and 70-200
f/2.8, and a couple of extenders, plus macro tubes and close-up lens, plus
540EZ flash. The Leica primes outperform the zooms, but sometimes I want AF
and zoom flexibility (photographing children, say); sometimes, however, I
need the discretion of the M6, (taking publicity pictures of a presenter,
for example, a man who actually punched a pro once who had stuck a
motordriven Howitzer in his face once too often!!) I go from one to the
other as simply as breathing.
Harder though is the question of Canon versus Leica primes. My 20mm cost
380 UK pounds; about a QUARTER of the new 21 asph, and without the hassle of
a separate viewfinder (go on confess, how many have YOU lost?? Mine would
last about a week....) And yet I know that soon, the siren of that 21 asph
will be cooing in my ear.
Every now and again, I shoot off some Velvia, a Canon 50mm f1.8 (60 UK
pounds) versus my 50 Summicron (600 UK pounds). Well, I think there is a
difference, and I think I can now tell them apart in a "blind" (as it were)
test, but it is very, very, very close.
But for TTL flash, fast motordrive, perspective control, autofocus (like
lightning on the EOS 1, even in dull conditions), the Canon is wonderful.
And have you tried the new Image Stabilising system - utterly extraordinary;
I was shooting Velvia with the 300 down to 1/60th second and producing
razor-sharp slides (out of a shop, haven't sprung for one yet, but it is
tempting).
But then, after the bulk of the EOS and its bulbous, heavy and SLIPPERY
lenses, the M is just heaven; actually, first out of the bag and last back
in. With a gun to my head, I would go M before EOS; but nothing less than a
gun would make me choose.
So, in conclusion, surely there is nothing stupider than the either/or
dichotomy. It simply does not exist.
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