Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Edmond Kim wrote: > > Hello all, > > I wonder if you guys ever get this way. Everytime I consider buying a new > (used) lens for my M2, I think about the price, then think about what I could > purchase instead of the lens. I'm young and don't make a lot of money, so it > always seems to make so much more sense to get a camera like the Fuji GW-670.. > The negs are bigger, and the lens they say is pretty sharp, at any rate better > and smoother resolution. I think I can even get the 645 Fuji rangefinder for > as cheap as a used 50 summicron and that thing is as small and unobtrusive as a > Leica. What do you guys think? Is it just me? I'm not even sure what my > point is. Oh well. Edmond, Go ahead and experiment: Get it out of your system! You're probably too young to be a dogmatic, crotchety old fart, who only uses chrome cameras and prime lenses. If you can't get some free equipment demos, maybe develop your buy/sell skills, so that you can try different things, and turn around and sell off stuff that just plain didn't work out for you, without losing a bundle. Overall, I prefer Fuji's GA645 autofocus camera over the frail GS645 folder. When it works, the folder is great, the problem is keeping it working. I went back to a Leica M because for most of my handheld, available-light work, I want faster optics, yet don't want to feel like a beast of burden as I haul it about: I have larger format cameras for THAT! Jeff