Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 13 January 2001, Jim Brick wrote: > > David, your argument doesn't make a whole lot of sense. You are saying that > you only care about those types of photographs that you do often. Those > that you do seldom, well, they can suffer lesser quality because... because > of what? Aren't all photographs that you take of equal importance? Do you > single out certain photographs that don't have to hold up to Leica standard > while others must? > > I would be interested in hearing why the amount of use of a lens gets can > possibly dictate the quality needed for the lens. > > Thanks, > > Jim For me it's a resource allocation issue. For my wildlife photos (i.e., the ones I can sell) I won't use anything less than a Telyt but for family snaps, a Nikkor on an FG will do. If I were to replace the 43-86 zoom with an equivalent Leica Vario-R there's be no $$ left for film, mortgage, groceries, etc. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/