Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/01
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On 1 Jul 99, InfinityDT@aol.com wrote, at least in part:
> In a message dated 7/1/99 7:01:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> srlondon@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << I cannot describe the G2 as either "better" or "worse"
> than an M6, as I feel that they are fundimentally
> different cameras with totally distinct design ethics.
> One will not replace the other, but they will happily
> coexist in your camera bag, if given the chance and
> the proper expectations and understandings of each
> camera. >>
>
> I don't know, carrying around an M6 + lenses and a G2 + its lenses in my
> bag would pretty much defeat the purpose of both cameras: compactness and
> portability.
Same here! The operative question is what would you buy and
use IF you could only have one system? The reasons for one
system be damned! Be it financial, weight/volume considerations
or the appreciation for what will get the job done in the absence of
the other, the answer, to me, is obvious. There is precious little
that the G2 will do that the M6 won't, whereas the flip side is a no
brainer.
Bespectacled as I am, my short use of a friend's G2 was very
uncomfortable. Its owner, likewise, quickly sold off the G2,
returning to his Nikon system as his sole source of 35mm images.
- --
Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
Thought for the day:
A Buddhist monk refused Novocaine
when faced with root canal surgery.
He wanted to transcend dental medication.