[Leica] Leica or Not? -- A professional Photographer's Guide to Choosing the Right Camera

[Peter Dzwig]

Ah I have an Aga and Leicas. However the Aga is much newer than the Leicas!

Peter

On 17/11/2014 20:33, Jim Shulman wrote:
> I look at Leica as I would an Aga oven: if you know it, love it, and accept
> its quirks there's nothing like it. If not, a Viking or a Kenmore is a much
> better, logical choice.
> On Nov 17, 2014 3:02 PM, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I dunno, Jeff.  Tilty back screen has lots going for it when you get creeky
>> in the knees.    Just sayin'
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:32 PM, kyle cassidy on the lug
>>> <leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> A very interesting point-by-point comparison on choosing between a
>> Leica
>>> and other cameras for professional work:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2014/how-to-choose-the-right-camera3.jpg
>>>
>>> Silly Kyle.
>>>
>>> The GX7 was released in 2013 or so.  The appropriate Leica to compare
>>> it with is the M (240), which entirely outclasses it except, I guess,
>>> for smallness.
>>>
>>> The M240 definitely has cleaner low-light performance than any
>>> micro-4/3s camera I've used (or indeed than the Canon 5D Mark II I got
>>> to stop using when I got the M240).  And it has live view for those
>>> times you want it to act like an SLR for, say, bolting it on a tripod
>>> and shooting setups with a macro lens and focusing by a magnified view
>>> of the actual pixels.
>>>
>>> WiFi?  Tilty back screen?  Those I can live without.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
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