Re: [Leica] Chance from R to Nikon?

[Larry Kopitnik <kopitnil@mra-inc.com>]

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> That's what makes the R system better. The glass.

Larry I am a retired Electromagnetics Engineer.  Forty years of
engineering from the Antarctic to Marcus Island, Pacific Ocean to Great
Falls, Montana.  Antennas, Space Vehicles, Nuclear Electromagnet Pulse,
Induced Lightning protection of the 777, propagation, whatever.  And I
still receive the IEEE electromagnetics publications.  You cannot
convince me that the Germans are better engineers than the Japanese
engineers.

So if it is not the glass(as in materials and manufacture) and it is not
in the mathematics then it must be in the specs.  They must be designed
to different requirements.  And I think this conclusion is reflected in
the LUG discussions.
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Dale,

You are correct. I was using "glass" interchangably with "lens". Sorry; in
my typing haste I was a bit too oblique.

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But most important we have to decide what we want the camera for.  And
predict, the best we can, what we will want it for a couple years from
now.

Have I got it about right?     Dale
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Yes, you do. That's why I currently use Nikon. The 85 1.4 is my most-used
lens. In the M system, the 75 is too short for my needs and the 90 too
slow. And the R8, while unquestionably an outstanding camera, just doesn't
feel right in my hands. The FM2, at just a smidge taller than an M6, is the
camera most comfortable to me. That's not a knock at Leica's offerings;
rather, it's a reflection on me. But in contemplating a system, all parts
- -- cameras and lenses -- do need to be considered.

Larry