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Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5
From: Simon Lamb <s_lamb@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 00:45:09 +0100
References: <20000513231019.23762.qmail@web1101.mail.yahoo.com>

Jeremy

Simon now extracts foot from mouth and begs forgiveness.  As for Nikon
Bashing, it's fine since the F5 is made to take knocks, especially from the
pros ;-)

I am sure there will be some R8 owners who disagree with your
rationalisation, but cost is inevitably a factor and the Leica gear is
expensive.  That said, my new M6 habit is sucking my bank account dry,
although there is a quality in the pictures that I take with the M6 that I
have not seen from the F5.  Can't put my finger on it, but it is there.

If you want the info on Nikon, go to http://www.graysofwestminster.co.uk
and feast your eyes.

Now, let's hear no more of this Nikon talk, let's talk Leica.

Simon

J Vaughan wrote:

> Simon-
>  That was a joke... I was doing the proverbial Nikon Bashing... that
> shows up on the list now and again...
>  I WILL be Buying a F5 and  either a N90s or an F100...
>  I have been totaly out of the AF loop though and have no Idea what a
> "D" lens is.. is that a good lens?  Hell I don't even know what  AF
> lenses are available..
>  The reason I will be buying the N**** gear over the Leica SLR is  COST
> And lack of AF.
> For the cost of a new R8 and a drive and a lens I can get  2 F100 with
> a  lens.
>
> Jeremy
>
> --- Simon Lamb <s_lamb@compuserve.com> wrote:
> > Jeremy
> >
> > You must be a much better photgrapher than those thousands of pros
> > who
> > use the F5 (and EOS 1 for that matter), to be able to label it a
> > piece
> > of junk without using it.  How I envy to the ability to assess the
> > relative merits of photographic equipment through mere thought waves.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > J Vaughan wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks everyone for giving me all the info  on the F5...
> > >  As I suspected it is a piece of Junk and and all its hype is just
> > > that...
> > > Damn Battery eaters... ;-)
> > >
> > > I won't be buying Leica SLR, thank you
> > >
> > > Jeremy
> > >
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Replies: Reply from "Fernando Martins" <fer@caleida.pt> (Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5)
In reply to: Message from J Vaughan <sthawk_ontheroad@yahoo.com> (Re: [Leica] Thanks!! OT Nikon F5)