Re: [Leica] Leica R: Is It Worth It?

["Bill Christensen" <billc@xsite.net>]

I have the 280 f4 APO and highly recommend it.  Yes, it will dent your bank
balance a bit but you will smile when you inspect the images.

Bill Christensen
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Marthe & Rene <marthe.rene@sympatico.ca>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R: Is It Worth It?


> When I sold my Nikon gear to pay for the Leica my original thinking was to
> get an M to cover from 35-90. We would keep my wife's Nikon for the longer
> than 90.  My wife liked the look of the photo's made by the Leica glass
but
> did not care for the M series. So we traded her Nikons and got her an R7.
I
> figured, great, my wife's R series will cover the wider than 35 and longer
> than 90.  Then I realized the high capital investment required if I wanted
> long lenses in the R series.
>
> Happened to be in the camera store a few weeks ago when a fellow walked in
> and traded a like new Canon 300f4L IS.  I thought, hey I'll buy the 300,
> find a used EOS1n or EOS3 and still come out at half the cost of the
280/f4
> APO Telyt-R.  Taking pictures of F1 racing cars with a 90mm just doesn't
cut
> it.
>
> My wife liked her R7 but after trying an R8 while I was looking over the
> 300, she found it to be much brighter, easier to focus. You guessed it,
> found a nice R8 on Ebay and just sold the R7.   Okay, I'm sold, I love the
> R8 especially with the Motor drive.  Now, here I am writing this with a
> perfectly nice Canon 300mm next to me with no Canon camera body and I'm
> debating whether to take the plunge and get the outrageously expensive 280
> Telyt and sell the Canon.
>
> I tell you, be careful, be very careful, selling your Nikon equipment will
> lead you to ruins. Leica is not a purchase one should make lightly. My
wife
> and I just can't seem to stop. There is no turning back.
>
> Was it worth it?   Yes it was for us.  We are both enjoying our
photography
> immensely.  It just means we can't afford to go on vacation now for the
next
> millennium.
>
> Rene
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