Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey guys! You two wanna take your personal argument "outside" and settle it? Jeez, I feel as if I'm listening to an argument on the train home! Exchange snail-mail addresses and sent hate letters back-and-forth personally! EVERYONE ON THE LEICA "USERS" LIST: If you want to read "mano-a-mano" arguments between two people, junking up your in-basket, please email me and tell me to keep quiet. Otherwise, air your opinions to Mr. Welch and Mr. Small as I have. Regards, On Sat, 3 Feb 1996, Eric Welch wrote: > Marc, > > You're right, you can have a zoom for rangefinder cameras (or > glorified point and shoots like the Contax G1). But you'll need a > zooming viewfinder, which some do exist, I do belive, but they're > manual. Talk about compromises! <g> > > My point was your blanket statement that using a zoom is an optical > compromise was what I was challenging, not the fact that it might or > might not be right for you. But the snobbery, or appreciation for > quality that exists for Leica M users is about the same as for the R > users. In fact, more so, because the R has some lenses that are as good > or better than anything in the M system. Snobbery knows no bounds! :-) > > > -- > Eric Welch > Grants Pass, OR >