[Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell now Canon/Nikon

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Nathan I think the most popular lens with pros of a range of types are not
longs but shorts. And getting shorter every decade.
Now the lens of choice is as Henning says.
The 14-24 full frame 2.8
Getting Canon shooters buying Nikons for yet another reason but this one a
big one.
Before it was an 18-35.

Just like the Graflex SLR went out because the speed Graphic could get
closer putting you in front of them so they shoot your back the style of
photography gets closer and closer every year.

I never dreamed I'd shoot with anything shorter than a 24.
Leica shooting got me of course shooting with a 21.
A 14 feels long now on a 1.5 crop that's 21.
I've gotten real used to 18.
Its Leica has read my mind.
Or read the LUG last year.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:57:22 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell now Canon/Nikon
> 
> Mark, I think that Canon's domination of the pro market has more to do
> with investment in that market and the customer support than with the
> optical quality of the lenses. Another consideration: most pros shoot
> with long or longish lenses (certainly sports photographers,
> paparazzi, and probably also many ordinary news photographers) where
> Canon is quite OK. Their wide angles are where the problems are--I can
> attest to that as well.
> 
> Nathan