Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/26

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Subject: [Leica] Buying Leica.....
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:34:18 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

John McMaster wrote:

>>>
Sorry, I was meaning as an alternative rangefinder style camera, rather than 
simpler or bigger. I started this as why pay the extra money these days over 
Fuji...
<<<

There were numerous rangefinder-style cameras available, most but not all 
with a fixed lens.  Often they had numerous features that Leica didn't such 
as built-in light meters, auto exposure and in the later years auto focus.  
All substantially less expensive than a Leica, all with decent lenses that 
made photos that couldn't be distinguished from a photo made with a Leica 
lens with typical indifferent processing (equivalent to in-camera .jpgs).  
When used within their design parameters they represented an excellent value.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com