Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to the lens tests reported on www.photodo.com, the Zeiss 50/1.7 is sharper. Steven A. Melnyk Michigan State University Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management melnyk@msu.edu - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Javier Perez" <summarex@yahoo.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 4:14 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Comparison of Leica SLR and Contax SLR Systems > Isn't the R8 also prone to some sort of shutter failure? > > I've only run into one Contax with shutter problems. > It was a very early RTS with a snapped shutter string. > They used strings rather than tapes but were super reliable. > > Here's the bottom line if you ask me. > > If you are a serious picture taker and need the absolute best lenses from a > mechanical standpoint > with superb optics and are willing to pay spacely sums for them, by all means > take > an R system body with a 3 lenses or so. On the other hand if you are equally > serious and want/need the benefits of a system camera > made by a company with ENORMOUS technological resources that can give you > autofocus, focus assist, > built in quiet motorization, a superb viewfinder and far more sophisticated > exposure modes at a lower price with the option > of using lenses which are optically almost as good as Leitz or in some cases > even as good or yikes even better*, > then take an RTS 3 with a few lenses and use the money you save to buy an AX, RX > > or Aria and one more lens! > I've never handled an Aria but it looks absolutely delicious! > > *Not sure about the better but a friend of mine who has an even more acute case > of this than I do > tells me that the 50/1.4 Planar is the sharpest 50 commercially available! > BTW: here's one for the grammarians. Was I correct to put the comma after the > asterisk???? > > Also, remember that Leica could well be out of business soon. As far as I've > heard > the clothing manufacturer was about to buy them. Parent companies > usually liquidate non productive subsidiaries without thinking twice! > If that happens and you are a serious user rather than a ditzy collector. > your biggest headache will be to get your equipment serviced, particularly the > Rs > > See Ya > Javier > > > PS: I love Contaxes old and new! > > Maciver2@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/6/2001 3:14:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > austin@darkroom.com writes: > > > > << n the other hand Contax SLR's are notably more prone to shutter breakdown > > > > What are you basing this on? I've been on the Contax list for a while now, > > and never have heard anyone mention this at all. > > >> > > ME TOO!!! Let's have the stats... I've never heard anyone complain or this. > > > > David MacIver > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com >