Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I most strongly agree! - ---------- > 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! > > > > >