Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There were people eon the lug who "traded" in their M for a New AF Contax and who thought Leica's days were numbered as they did not have AF and had a cloth shudder. And spoke of the Leica company with great derision on a regular basis on the LUG. They are gone too. The people that is. As in off the lug not dead. Leica M has a proud manual focus tradition which I'm proud to be involved in. Contax cameras were advertized on the first page of the Viewfinder magazine. The magazine of the Leica historical society of America which I loved being involved with for a decade. The idea was that it was not heresy we were glad we were not alone. That the rangefinder not SLR concept has validity so that at least one other company than Leica would invest in it. Though there was some discussion as to if the Contax really had a rangefinder or not. But the CV's did as well as the CZ's. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 20:58:42 +0000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use > > I sold it a year ago as I was not going to use it again. It had sat dormant > for a few years then I got it out to see if I could cope with a non-SLR > before > buying into Leica, now I rarely use a DSLR! > > Back in those days I thought all the stuff about Leica quality was hype > (and > that it was middle-aged jewellery)..... > > John - middle-aged > >> -----Original Message----- >> >> I was going to get Contax but got glasses instead. >> >> Sorry couldn't resist. >> >> Still got your Contax? :) >> >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >>> >>> I looked at buying an M6/21/35/90 in 2000, I could afford it but went >>> for a Contax G1/G2/21/35/90 outfit for about 1/3 of the cost (AFAIR)... >>> >>> john >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> >>>> I think there was a leap in price in the past 5 years. I'd love to >>>> see a graph. I bet it spikes upward after the reign of Dr. Andreas >>>> Kaufmann as instituted. >>>> Not that I'm not all for the guy. But I'm glad I did my Leica buying >>>> just post ASPH a dozen years go at the turn of the millennium when we >>>> were all bight eyed and bushy tailed. >>>> >>>> http://www.fdtimes.com/2011/10/19/interview-with-dr-andreas- >>>> kaufmann/ >>>> Or >>>> http://tinyurl.com/6mn35wv >>>> >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> Photography >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>>> >>>> >>>>> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 00:49:10 +0000 >>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use >>>>> >>>>> If, starting from scratch, you cannot afford a full frame digital >>>>> Leica body then I doubt you will be able to afford many Leica lenses >>>>> from the past quarter century..... >>>>> >>>>> john >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> >>>>>> If Leica glass is the clincher, it also shows that the first other >>>>>> brand to turn up with a full-frame digital camera (maybe even >>>>>> exclusively) for M-mount Leica lenses (like the Voigtl?nder Bessa >>>>>> and Zeiss Ikon cameras for film) is going to make a killing if they >>>>>> have prices much lower than what Leica demands and acceptable build >>>>>> quality. >>>>>> >>>>>> Even at "M-system entry level", Leica prices most potential users >>>>>> out of the market from the word go. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Douglas >>>>>> >>>>>> On 30.11.2012 20:47, Frank Filippone wrote: >>>>>>> Forget all the stories about reliability, as we still use the >>>>>>> Digi-M because it uses Leica Glass. And, as amateurs, we can >>>>>>> tolerate the reliability problems.... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It only shows that you need a backup camera. If you use N or C >>>>>>> cameras, a backup, even a lower model or older model, can be >>>>>>> bought in most countries, and even if you do pay more than you >>>>>>> want or buy a film camera, it will be cheap, relative to what it >>>>>>> would cost in an emergency to buy a new M9 in some Podunk >>>>>>> location, if possible at >>>> all. >>>>>>> And therein the problem for us Leica fans.. we MUST bring a backup >>>>>>> camera with us.... Mine is an M6TTL. I carry 4-6 rolls of film >>>>>>> and figure I can always buy some form of C41 film or even B+W no >>>>>>> matter >>>>>> where in the world I am. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The backup stays in my luggage for the trip. Not in the camera bag. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Frank Filippone >>>>>>> Red735i at verizon.net >>>>>>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information