Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:25 AM 11/30/1999 -0800, Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: >Anyway, to each his own. If Nikon were indeed a better product, pray tell >us why the EOS Lenses and cameras outsell it about 2 to 1? Even with the >retro compatible mount. ;-) Because until the F5 came along their autofocus sucked! They were a laughing stock with photojournalists. Arguably a group that needs fast AF more than anybody but maybe sports specialists. So they would know. Photographers with the money made the switch, because photographers tend to go with the latest technology that will give them an edge. Canon's weakness now is their lenses fall apart much faster than Nikon lenses. At least that's the complaints I'm hearing from the Canon users I know. Not counting their L series of course, but the L series is still a limited selection of lenses compared to Nikon's overall selection. How would Leica fare if they go to less well-built lenses that fall apart quickly? Down the tubes faster than you can say blitzlichtpulver. And the new F100 has faster AF than the F5 too. But wait, they'll speed up the F5's AF any time now. Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.neteze.com/ewelch Men say they know many things; but lo! they have taken wings