Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/13

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Subject: [Leica] D700 or D7000
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:10:05 +1200
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So (other than IR filters) what makes this better than an M8?

john

-----Original Message-----

Its not
X2 crop its a X1.5 crop in a very compact and interestingly inovatitive
modular body. As I 'll never get my hands on 7 grand for an m9 it could be
something for me. 
 
> Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> You are putting gorgeous Leica R glass on a cheap cropped camera marketed
to
>> amateurs and calling it "personal choice".  I think of something else to
>> call it. One can do any damned dumb thing and file it under "personal
>> choice".
> 
> What makes choices personal is that they're not universal.  Like leaving
> gorgeous M lenses on a shelf rather than use them on a cropped body.
That's
> not dumb, it's a personal choice.
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
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