Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I read an article referenced over on the Contax G User Group from the Washington Post/Van Riper. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/index.htm A quote I found interesting about the subject of the article, Cameron Davidson, was: "His preference in Haiti was for rangefinder cameras, including the 35mm Contax G1 and G2. He shot mostly with 28mm and 21mm lenses on the Contaxes and with a less wide 35mm Summicron on his Lecia M4." (It is fun to see a typo in the Washington Post) ;-) I too, in my own amateur fashion, have concluded such a hybrid Contax G / Leica M system is optimal in value and performance. I use a G1 with 28/45/90 for traveling and a Leica M6TTL 0.85 with 50/90 for quiet environments/longer focal lengths/and low light. My next two lens purchases (probably a year or two off) go to the strengths of the two systems as I intend use them: a 21mm Biogon for the G1 and a 135mm APO-Telyt-M for the M6. Do other Leica M owners on the LUG follow Davidson's practice of mixing Contax with Leica? Doug from Tumwater