Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica vs. Contax wars
From: Colin Monteith <monteith1@sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:07:49 -0500

The true test - look at your local used store. They have a gaziliion G1 and G2
cameras and a only a few if any M6's. Proof that many people got bored real quick
with Contax.

John Collier wrote:

> I do not know the situation world wide but my local dealer sells many more
> M6s to G2s. They sold a number of G1s and sort of filled the demand around
> here for that sort of whirr whiz camera. They have sold very very few G2s. I
> hate noise more than any love of optics. I have been shooting with the M6
> for so long now that I consider the noise it makes to be normal and
> sometimes even loud (at least I notice it). Other cameras leave me stunned,
> shaken and wondering why everyone else is not screaming like I am.