Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While it's a good point, the Leica M9 has similar price / performance issue with, lets say the Nikon D700. So it's nothing new here in that sense. M9 shooters choose it because of other factor, mainly that it's a rangefinder and with the advantages that come with it. I can say for certain that I would have gotten some images that I did not get at the Occupy if I had an MM. I cannot say that if I had a Nikon. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net>wrote: > It's a new version of that lens from the 2000s, but your point is a good > one. > > It's not that an MM holds its own with a 36mp camera. It's that a $3600 > outfit involving an OK lens is performing at the same level as a system > including the best 50 ever, costing a total of $16,000, having no color > capability and allowing no highlight recoverability. > > There is no comparison for size/weight, and for some purposes, it's better > to use traditional contrast filters, but still... most people with the > money to even consider a MM have some understanding of marginal utility. > > Dante > > On May 27, 2012, at 9:20 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net> > wrote: > > > The lens he tested the 50AA against is the old pancake 45mm lens, isn't > it? > > > > Having said all that, the results for a 40+ year old $100 lens + $3500 > body > > compared to a new, SOTA $7000 lens + $9000 body is pretty upsetting. > > > > Nikon did pretty well... in fact, for the $12,000 difference in price, > the > > image results indicate the 50AA + M9m is way overpriced and outclassed > on a > > value for money equivalent. > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > > > > This I did not notice, I must say. I wonder why he didn't spring > > ~$200 for a 50/1.8 G lens? It really seems a weird 'comparison' to me. > > > > Marty > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>