Re: [Leica] Re: m6 AND hexar rf

[Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

Why can't ya'll (Texanese, sorry) just let the folks decide for
themselves?....here's what we know or suspect:

The Hexar/M6 VF/RF are about equal in function

The M6 will probably be less accurate than the Hexar, and will require 
more skill to use....but the inaccuracies will not show on film.

The Hexar will probably die, permanently, in about 15-20
years.---possibly without ANY repair service available....so what? --
These folks only keep a Lexus 5 years, and may even move to a new 
house every ten or so.....(the same ones who gravitate to the 
Hexar).

The M6 folks are like the Mercedes/old Jaguar crowd....they buy the 
damn things and plan to keep them forever, and fix them up every 
dozen or so years....probably possible with Leica, even if the 
company went out of business, ther'd be independents working on them 
for the rest of my life (use Nikon F/SP for an example.....)

The resulting pictures, Hexar/M6/R-whatever/Nikon/Pentax....will be 
no better or worse, IN PRACTICE....(don't want to start a "lens-test" 
thread here...for God's sake)

When I pass someone with a Hexar, I'll look at him and shake my head...
when he sees my m4 and Nikon F, he'll shake his head.....but we're 
both happy as clams!!!!......so what?....

Thanks for the space to vent my neurotic tendencies in front 
of an audience who truly understands, 
Walt in Denton

On
Tue, 12 Sep 2000,
Robert
Jagitsch wrote:

> >
> >
> >So my humble opinion is, there really isn't anything that a Hexar can do
> >that is "better" than an M camera. It does "different" things, not
> >necessarily better things. Some of these "different" things can actually be
> >a burden.
> >
> 
> Having used both, the Hexar beats an M with a RapidWinder hands down, 
> because it's much smaller and lighter and faster; and I find the 
> faster shutter speed helpful because I prefer to shoot wide open as 
> much as possible. But this is a preference of mine, not necessarily a 
> case of "better."
> 
> 
> -R
> 
>