Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy Bennett wrote: > > Douglas Cooper wrote: > > >I really don't find this comparison of the M3 and the M6 fruitless. It > >offers a strong indication of the decline at Solms, and is the best argument > >for taking Erwin's site with a grain of salt. Leica makes no money from > >it's earlier products, so it is very much in their best interest to convince > >Erwin (and through him, us) that the current products are an improvement. > >And in the absence of Erwin's refutation, it is pretty clear that they are > >not. > > Douglas, > > What about those of us that have used and compared old and new equipment, > and have come to the conclusion that the new stuff is indeed better, at > least with respect to our own photography? Are we not entitled to that > opinion, independant of whatever Erwin may or may not have to say on the > subject? > > The categorical assertion that old Leica equipment is "better" than their > new offerings seems no different than claiming that the new stuff is > indisputably better than the old, and isn't that what you're objecting to > with Erwin? > > Guy I almost always get Leicas latest stuff. My first body was an M6 but my second was the M6TTL. It's what they had in the store. I do like it a tad more. Now I'm waiting for the new 28 Summicron to arrive any minute. All my lenses are the most recent optical formulas. I guess I've a lover of mediocrity!!!!! The Leica M6! For lovers of the mediocre! You missed your chance to get a quality item folks. Better scrounge around in the bins for the real good old stuff! mark rabiner got a Viso though! Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/