Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy Bennett wrote: > lugnuts (professionals or not): > > can you say, concisely, why you do use leica? what is it exactly about > these cameras that appeals to you? let's try to avoid the hyperbole of the > fanatic devotee and explain why we choose this camera over another. > Ego has something to do with it: I won't kid you there. I do enjoy photography, and have done so for most of my life, and the notion of having more than $3K invested in a camera system is not nutty to me, because I use the camera a lot,and enjoy it. I keep my interests (at least the ones that involve buying stuff) pretty well-focused, so there's room for this kind of expenditure, even on a modest income. What do I like about the M, specifically? It's a good, older design, and they stuck with it, kept it fairly modern, but retained most of it's beloved qualities. I wish Nikon had done something of the sort with the F4e, rolling in the F5's improvements (AF, viewfinder display), but not it's bulk. Jeff