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

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Subject: [Leica] D700 or D7000
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:51:33 +0530
References: <3800249.1313278710416.JavaMail.root@mswamui-billy.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <CA6CAFD6.13417%mark@rabinergroup.com> <000a01cc5a40$6e01a4b0$4a04ee10$@chiaroscuro.co.nz>

The price? Value for money?
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 10:40 AM, John McMaster <john at 
chiaroscuro.co.nz>wrote:

> 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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Replies: Reply from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] D700 or D7000)
In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] D700 or D7000)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] D700 or D7000)
Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] D700 or D7000)