Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps not a $5 camera, but a $500 camera with a $500 lens can certainly take a photograph which is easily comparable to a $2000 Leica with a $2000 lens. Perhaps not at the level of testing which Erwin puts his equipment through (but then again...), but certainly comparable. Dan C. At 01:44 PM 12-06-99 -0400, you wrote: >Y'all are a most unGodly bunch of nit-pickers. Allow me to rephrase my >contention: > >Cameras distinguish themselves by the quality of photographs they are >CAPABLE of recording, while a watch merely tells time. A cheap $5 watch, >ultimately, will keep as good a time as will a $65,000 GP pocket-watch. A >$5 camera will not be CAPABLE of recording as detailed an image as will a >decent camera. > >Point, game, and match. > >Marc > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > > >