Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] State of the Art
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 18:21:23 +0200

I most strongly agree!

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> From: ray tai <razerx@netvigator.com>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] State of the Art
> Date: 09. toukokuuta 1998 15:27
> 
> This thread is beginning to sound like the Harley vs. BMW v. Honda
> arguments over at USENET.  All I can say is Live and Let Live.  There is
no
> reason why we can't enjoy all of the best things in life.  I am currently
> using four different brands of camera equipment: the oldest a Canon
85/1.8
> LTM from 1958 and the most current an M6HM from February.  And my baby
son
> will get his picture taken with this combination tomorrow.  Hey!  They
can
> co-exist.  No one says you need to choose one over the other.
> 
> There is really no point in comparing modern AF systems to tradition
manual
> bodies.  If you ask which is better, then you are asking the wrong
> question.  The question is which is better for the particular application
> and to what end result.  Each brand has its unique qualities to be
savored.
> I must admit I prefer manual shutter cameras because I respect the
> craftmanship that goes into such a precision instrument, but at the same
> time I appreciate newer electronic camera especially when I need those
> extra features.
> 
> This reminds me of the time I rode a track modified two-stroke Yamaha
RZ350
> from New York to California via Ontario.  The bike was like a bat out of
> hell on the track, but cross-country? Right bike, wrong application.  If
I
> had two bikes I would have picked the other one whatever it was.
> 
> Best wishes and Happy Mother's Day!
> 
> 
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