Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:34 PM 8/26/98 -0400, you wrote: >quotes. But why are you picking on the G2. You say it is not a professional >camera couched by 'in the terms a M6 is'. Keep in mind that there are >different types of professionals. You, being a PJ have a certain crieteria, I'm not really picking on the G2. It just looks like it. :-) It's a great camera for what it is, but as a professional, I find it has a few points lacking that need to be fixed. Manual focus is a joke. The AF is good, but it's slow. Try an F5 then try the G2 again. You'll see what I mean. And the time from button push to shutter trip is too long. The lenses are too slow for professional work in my arena. The M6 is ideal for what I do. That's what I'm saying. They're two different cameras, and to appreciated them both (it would be nice to own both, but there are limits to anyone's income!) for what they can do is not to denigrate them for what they aren't good at. I refuse to get into discussions of whether it's a P&S or rangefinder, and that being bad. An F5 or EOS1n in the right mode are almost P&S cameras. Just with lots of button pushing first. The G2 fits that too. It's a great camera, with limits. So is the M6. Just different limits that make them non-competitors. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Drug kingpin Amado Carrillo Fuentes...died from nine hours of liposuction and plastic surgery -- or, as it's commonly known here in Beverly Hills, natural causes. Bill Maher