Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Off Topic - Contax G2 Review
From: "usinet.srlond" <srlondon@ibm.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 01:20:11 -0500

>In general , the VF/RF Contax looks fine to me, specially the black 
>version. So, one day I went into a shop to find out that she's an 
>automatic - which, in my understanding of photography, is some kind 
>of P&S derivate. 

You must have looked at the wrong camera, because the G2 is either 
aperture priority (when the shutter speed dial is set to AUTO, you 
determine exposure by the setting aperture ring on lens) or manual 
exposure.  It is no different than any SLR in that respect.  There is no 
completely automatic function.

The G2 is a great camera, but it is very different from an M6.  Aside 
from the fact that one has autofocus and an electronic rangefinder and 
the other is wholly mechanical, the much-maligned G2 is pretty much 
exactly what the M6E would be, gauging by the comments on the LUG.  

Speaking from experience, I feel that the G2 is a great camera, but like 
an M6 it is not the kind of camera that feels like the back of your hand 
the first time you use it.  That's why they make point and shoots--so 
there's no challenge to the camera or any learning curve to speak of.  
These cameras' quirks are what make them so different and so great.  They 
co-exist in my camera bag quite happily, I might say, and I've made great 
pictures with both of them.