Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hans: You have hit the mark exactly. I shot only Nikon for 20 years, and happily shot with my FM-2 and FE-2s for years. In the late '80s I dipped my toe into AF Nikons and before long I had completely changed my kit to AF. I shuffled lenses and bodies, I switched to Canon EOS (which I still have now) but I have never truly embraced any of them. A bit over a year ago I bought my first Leica M for a personal camera, just to carry around. Within 2 months I had added a second lens, and found the Leica going to work more and the EOS staying at home. Now I have a complete Leica M kit and find it is my #1 work camera for 35mm film. In the last three months of heavy shooting I have only used my EOS 5 times, and always to mount a 300mm lens. The M is pecise and simple, and for the first time in 8 years I am not shoting with a camera that makes me say "If I could just have . . . " Tom At 03:30 PM 7/25/97 +0200, you wrote: >> But if Leica Camera doesn't introduce new, >> interesting, trend setting products which is better, >> or at least as good as the concurrence, they are bound to die. > >I wonder if it is that simple? I think that lots of people are getting >tired of the fast change of models, with features noone asked for. Now I am >simplifying quite a bit, but it costs a lot of money to change electronic >cameras the same way as we change our computers. >The Leica niche, at least for the M, is to produce a camera with the basic >functions to deliver high quality pictures. As a matter of fact, I like the >idea of a camera that is so good, that it has survived since the first M3. >I also like to use the same camera as in the 1970:s, because I am >nostalgic. Think about it Oddmund: If you are happy with the Leica, and buy >an M6, you will be able to use it for many many years. If you buy a trend >produduct, it will be obsolete in a few years. >At present, Leica seems to improve some of the M-lenses, and that is fine >by me. >(My wife is very concerned about enviromental issues. She has seen me using >M:s since we got married in 1974, and it is easier to bring home Leica >equipment than the latest Japanese innovations, that have a much shorter >life span...). > >Regards, Hans > >PS Oddmund, welcome back! >- - - - - - - >Mail: hans.pahlen@mark.komvux.se >Home: http://www.komvux.mark.se/hp635.htm >- - - - - - - > > > >