Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>(snip) . . . 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.) dear sweet jesus don't buy the r8 if that's all you want to do. you can buy an f3 for $300 and a 50mm 3.5 macro + the 1:1 adapter for $150 and spend the rest on a used m6 and some focusing rails for your bogen. but if you're looking for a general purpose SLR for macro and other work (birthday parties, vacations, whatever else it is that the LUG photographs) the EOS you mention will kick the respective butts of either of those other cameras. just, PLEASE make sure that whenever you're walking around with that canon around your neck you have an M6 over your shoulder so that we don't need to push you into traffic. kc p.s. when metering your macro photos, use your gossen luna pro or a grey card, that's better than using the internal meter in any of the cameras you mention on a closeup of a flower.