[Leica] How about that X-Pro 2? David Alan Harvey's new camera

Jayanand Govindaraj jayanand at gmail.com
Sun Jan 17 23:20:18 PST 2016


He has been a very long term Leica user from the film days. In fact, I was
quite surprised to see this.

Cheers
Jayanand




On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> Note that I do know for a fact that David Alan Harvey also have used (not
> sure about now) a Leica M9
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I cannot comment on the X-Pro2 because I haven’t used one (of course) but
> > I can, as a Fuji X-World photographer, comment on the X-Pro1. The X-Pro1
> is
> > a superb camera which has a few drawbacks:
> >
> > 1. The inaccuracy of the viewfinder;
> >
> > 2. The fact that I had trouble for some reason getting images through the
> > QC process at Alamy;
> >
> > 3. I lost 80% of its value in the 3 years I owned it; and
> >
> > 4. It is not a Leica.
> >
> > As most of you know I now have a Leica M9 which I am very happy with.
> This
> > has the following advantages:
> >
> > 1. The viewfinder is very accurate;
> >
> > 2. Every image I have submitted to Alamy from the camera has sailed
> > through QC;
> >
> > 3. I bought it second hand so it shouldn’t lose anywhere near 80% of its
> > value in 3 years; and
> >
> > 4. It is a Leica.
> >
> > Now, the X-Pro2 may have addressed the viewfinder problem, the Alamy
> > problem, the price drop problem but it still won’t be a Leica.
> >
> > Gerry
> >
> > > On 18 Jan 2016, at 03:24, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I won't be buying it (I will use the M9 until it falls apart, and then
> > > decide what I can afford then, which hopefully is not before 2018), but
> > if
> > > it is good enough for David Alan Harvey, it ought to be good enough for
> > > anyone eh?
> > >
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr0zu5efvkU
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
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