Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Franck, I don't own and probably never will own a "G" camera. However, I hang around Keeble & Shuchat Photography a lot. They carry, extensively, both Leica and Contax systems. What I see, is the G cameras coming in, wanting to trade-in for Leica M cameras, then the G owner is completely blown away when they discover that their G camera is basically worthless on the used market. Worthless when compared to what they paid for it as new equipment. They seem to take a big hit. I have a couple of friends that have them. They think of them as expensive P&S cameras. And they too say that the RF sucks! The Ziess lenses are great, but the choice is limited. And the RF base is more like a CL than a real M camera. Ok for wide lenses, or 90mm lenses at f/4 or smaller. I personally would rather have ANY M camera, than a "G" camera. It most certainly is NOT an M6 enemy. That's like comparing grapefruits to golf balls. Remember, this is just my personal opinion... Jim At 04:26 AM 12/5/98 +0000, you wrote: >hi luggers >one week ago, i wrote, i like to make photography in the street with just my >m2 , no lightmeters and feel more implicated in my pictures.... but i'm not >in a blind, i like different way of photography : >i recently buy a contax G2, with a biogon 28, it works very good (exept the >pooooor rangefinder) >what do you think about G2, is it realy the M6 enemy? (and zeiss biogon, the >elmarit 28 is certainly better, but 3 x more expensive) > >Franck Lequeux-Capelot >Paris-France >http://home.claranet.fr/fluid/photos.html >