Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5

[Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>]

><Snip> I hope this subject is gone by
> >  then! I may even take some photos in the meantime!
> >
> >  Cheers,
> >
> >  Lucian
> 
> Ditto,
>   Hey, I'm new to this list, but I've used Nikon, Leica, Canon, Pentax,
> Konica, and anything else I could find over the years that would help me take
> a better photograph. I've tried Medium format (Hasselblad, Rollei, even
> Kowa), large format, started with manual focus, tried auto focus (Nikon F5,
> F100, EOS 1, 1n, etc., etc.) even digital lately, which I find intriguing but
> a little raw. I currently use Canon for long lenses and macro but I prefer my
> M3 with a 35, 50 or 90 for most work. Truth is I'm a whore like most of use,
> I'll do anything for a good photograph, and it doesn't matter what camera I
> use to get it. I've taken good shots and bad shots with all of the above, am
> personally somewhat disappointed with AF because it hasn't delivered what I
> thought it promised...that being the ability to focus INSTANTLY on what I
> wanted it to and track it into the next county. I've been disappointed...but
> I've occasionally shot a picture I loved. And the next day my wife would show
> me a shot she got at a water garden tour with her Olympus Stylus ZOOM for
> god's sake that would knock my socks off...it looked like a damned Matisse.
> 
>   Truth is I find all this talk of Leica Vs Nikon Vs Canon Vs whatever rather
> boring...I'd hoped for more from this list. And I don't care if this OUTRAGES
> all of you and you kick me off this list. We could all take great pictures
> with a Kodak Brownie if we worked at it. But we all have this fondness for
><Snip>  up.
> 
> Jim
Thank you Jim Laird I'm sure we're all glad you told us your reason for de
cloaking before you vanished into your negative energy black cloud!
We all hold are heads in shame for disappointing you!
I'm sure we all on the list apologize for forcing you to read the clearly marked
"OT Nikon F5" posts.
Personally I find comparisons between systems types and cameras occasionally
enlightening and reminds me as to why I value my choices in gear (Leica M) in
the first place. IF it were me I would have not put the "OT" on it if I started
the thread. 
Thanks for the very positive good-by it's always nice to know there are lurkers
out there who are better off lurking.
Had I not liked the thread I'm sure it would be impossible for to just delete
them I'm sure.
Mark Rabiner