Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Barney Quinn, Jr." wrote: > > Usually I just lurk, but I find myself in a situation where I want ( I hesitate > to say need :-) )to get a different SLR. Last year, as a creative journey I > wanted to take, I traded my EOS 1n for an all but unused F1. The journey lead me > back to my M6, but I'll save the details for another post should anyone be > interested. > > I have things narrowed down to an R8, an F3 which comes with some great > glassware, or a new EOS body with a 28 to 70 f2.8 L lens. I need an SLR because > I do a lot of close ups of flowers. (I've heard, by the way, that the Leica 60mm > macro is a hell of a lens.) Metering is a key issue for me. I believe that > photography is really paining and writing with light, and I do a lot of work in > tough lighting situations. A great deal of my stuff is back lit. > > What am I getting into if I get the R8 and the 28 to 80 mm zoom. One of the best > cameras in the world? Or a piece of overpriced jewelry not made in Germany by a > company who can do nothing right and who is on the verge of going out of > business equipped with a with a Sigma lens that only someone with more money > than brains would buy all of which will brand me as an idiot who can't manage > his money when he is seen in public with it? > > Barney IF the choice now was between an R8, and F3 or a EOS I'd pick the R8. Evertying about that camera empathizes FUNCTION following form seamlessly. I don't think John Robie The Cat will be after your particular necklace he's looking for trinkets more pocketable. I hope you get some real use out of it before you trade it in for something else! Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/