Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]R, M, V, or whathaveyou, the Wizards of Wetzlar are now the Wizards of Solms and so be it. A Leica is a Leica is a Leica. I don't shoot R but that isn't because I don't like the R's, it's because I can't take pictures easily with an SLR. But I have owned and used R gear, and it is superb, all of it, even the R3 and R4. I cheerfully admit to being a retro freak who glories in taking idiosyncratic pictures with gear obsolete before my father was graduated from high school. But I also enjoy a few amenities, such as the M6's meter. And, while I still believe, in my soul of souls, that They Did Things Better In The Olden Days, nonetheless, the new glass coming out for the M's make the system a wonderful mix of new and old. Having said that, I could say the same about the R's: Leica have melded old traditions and new technology to produce a wonderfully effective system camera. I wish we'd close down this thread and get onto something important, like how Ted managed to get his client to pick up the cleaning bills from his latest, er, medical encounter. Marc Marc James Small Cha Robh Bas Fir, Gun Ghras Fir! FAX: +540/343-7315