Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, we spoke about the Leica, and you speak about R lenses. I agree, that the SLRs from Leitz are nice ... somehow (although I like others more, except for ... etc.), and that some R lenses are very special. But, that's not the subject we've been speaking about. Alf - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- At 10:07 14.10.1997 -0500, you wrote: >At 04:04 AM 10/14/97 -0400, you wrote: > >> You are saying what I said last June, that you don't consider the "R" >> to be a true classic Leica but merely an excellent German SLR, and > >Classic smassic. Leicas are Leicas are Leicas. The R Leica cameras have >some of the best lenses in the world. They do things the M cameras can't, >Visoflex or not. They are complementary, and any claims of inferiority of >one of the other smacks of something very anti-photographic. > >Like who gives a rip if a lens is made in Canada or Germany? Collectors. Do >we rely on collectors to determine what is more usable? I don't think so, >though some are certainly no doubt great users as well, it's their shooting >ability to determine that, not their knowledges of obscure Leica trivia. > >============= >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO > > >I disagree with unanimity. >