Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Subject: RE: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-) Austin, we're obviously not talking about the same thing. My point is EVERYONE (except Leica and Contax) re-did their mounts 10-15 years ago for AF, pushed their old glass aside, asked users to spend thousands in new systems, and with these AF mounts and re-done glass NONE EXCEPT for Canon has a compelling digital system today. So what are they all going to do, re-do all of the mounts and glass again? How many of them will even survive the current upheavla in the photo game? With a Leica R digital back, one can use very credible older generation R glass (60mm Elmarit, 90mm Elmarit, 180mm APO Telyt to name three) without spending a dime on new glass. To boot, many of the older Leica lenses outperform optically their more modern counterparts at Pentax, Minolta, Nikon, et.al. Maybe this point is just too obvious. > I think you're just sour grapes here, Gary. The N Digital is a simply amazing camera. I know it has it's flaws, but for >what it's usable for, it does in fact make very good images. > > Austin Sour grapes---over what? I abandoned Contax because I believe it's going horribly wrong. Do you really think Contax is going anywhere but down and out with it's N mount gear including the ND? Or maybe you prefer "a dead end" as Erwin Puts commented about the N. When is the last time Contax released anything that made any real noise in the marketplace? The G2 in 1994? Its sales are very slow today. OK, the Yashica T4 was a success until someone at Kyocera figured out that it produced better images than the Contax T3 at about one-quarter the price and pulled the plug on it. But back to the ND. How is the ND usable? At only up to 100 ISO without noise it's usability is severely limited. The camera sold originally for $7000 new and today about 6 months later can be had on the street for well under $5000. If you're defending the ND perhaps your loyalty to a brand is clouding your thinking. The only thing amazing about the ND is how it so quickly makes your investment in it disappear. Gary - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html