Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]responding to Donal s question about cameras at the White House.... I do not see any Ms there and have not for some time. The problem is that Ms are best for short lenses.... you most often need long lenses when working at events associated with the President. I have seen a Leica R every now and then, as often as not from an out-of-towner. Nothing regular. The most-often used camera system at the White House, at sporting events, and in general press coverage today is the Canon EOS system. The lens choices, the zooms, and the fast, accurate auto-focus seems to be what moved people from Nikons (while ruled the roost from the early 1960s until sometime in the 1980s) to Canon. Of course, there are still some Nikons around, F4s and such, but not nearly as many as before. Look for gray lenses at news events on TV and you can count the Canons. No medium format used on a daily basis. Fred Ward