Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From: Gwpics@aol.com >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R >Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 02:00:09 EDT > >All I would say is that I changed from an EOS1 system to an R8 and have >never >regretted it. The quality of glass shows up the Canon lenses in many ways, But/And Erwin states in his book that the Canon 300 2.8 USM L IS, has the edge over the leica R 280/2.8 :-)/:-( Logan, >and the camera (with motor drive) is great to handle. I do not miss the >autofocus but I would suggest that this depends on your type of photography >and if I were a sports photographer then I may well need this feature. >Exposure, and the ease of switching to spot etc. is very good with the >Leica, >as are the rest of the ergonomics. > >Gerry > >Gerry Walden (UK) >Corporate & Stock Photography >Tel: (0)23 8046 3076 >Fax: (0)23 8034 8542 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.