Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Friends, The question is always "forward of what?". Quality is defined in relation to a criterion; telling "thing a is good" without giving a criterion (sometimes it stays unmentioned, these are the items which tend to be misunderstood in the following discussions) means practically nothing. The Leica systems are useful - and excellent - vor various purposes. If the goal is the fastest and most reliable autofocus in town, then go and grab a Canon ... But if you're looking for optimal image quality (more or less regardless of photographer's comfort, pardon me) then start looking at Leica, you'll be happy. I personnally am happy to owe some real old-fashioned lenses for my R bodies (they were made from real glass at these days, not from plastic, and they had much more metal parts than simply three wires of copper) which don't even supply the comfort of automatic aperture as they had been made with another camera system in mind (Alpa, Rollei asf.), so I have to use them stopped down - BUT they deliver optimum image quality and therefore I have learned to handle them. Photographers twenty years ago managed to do the same job, btw. So, it's always the question what you want to achieve - and please don't compare apples with oranges, or Canon AF with Leica M6 ... The same thought can be applied to the discussion about commemorative and other extra models, which are issued relatively often e.g. for Leica M. The M6J is a technical extra, a great and really useful piece of mechanics - not to be missed just for any commemorative M6 with special engraving on top. (And, btw, whenever there are people who _buy_ cameras because there are engravings on the top - why care about them? Let them buy, they insure the further existence of Leica GmbH, a company, which builds useful cameras and lenses too.) (adding my 2 cents to the ongoing discussion ...) Greetings to all of you and have a fine day Hubert * Von/From: HUBERT NOWOTNY, CTR Hatzenberger & Nowotny OEG * A-1040 Wien/Vienna, Kettenbrueckengasse 16 (Austria, Europe ...) * Tel ++43-1- 586 20 22 - 0, Fax ++43-1- 586 20 22 - 24 * hubertn@ctr.co.at, http://www.ctr.co.at/ctr/