Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/03
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At 08:23 AM 03/05/99 -0500, you wrote:
>It doesn't have AF! Horrors! You'd think Leica R8s were made in the 60s the
>way people are talking.
> I like the fact that Leica
>emphasizes the glass, which is where the tire hits the road, rather than
>the me-too one-upsmanship of the other companies who miss the point. It's
>the glass!
>At least that's my conspiracy theory and I'm stickin' to it. :-)
>
>Eric Welch
Just to add to Eric's point...
I, for one professional, will gladly give up AF for better lenses (and
HAVE!). What's the point of having an AF lens if the quality is sub standard.
Sure, you don't have to rotate a barrel... but your pictures are soft.
Technology is not necessarily an advancement. Digital cameras are a
technological advancement... but, their picture quality is crap!
Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca>
St. John's, Newfoundland.
http://www.straylight.ca/locke
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