Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><Snip> > > This is an area where I feel Cosina has helped Leica considerably. You can > by a *set* of spare Cosina lenses for Leica LTM/M for not too much money. No > they're not made as well, no they won't last as long, no they don't have > quite the 'look', but yes they *will* put dinner on the table. If even > that's too hard to swallow I could go and buy any Cosina LTM lens and LTM/M > adaptor this afternoon from any of four or five dealers within a 30 minute > cab ride. > > In that sense, at least, Cosina is helping Leica remain a viable option in > the pro marketplace. > > -- > David Morton > dmorton@journalist.co.uk > This idea that justifies the buying of COSINA because of the low pro support by Leica in comparison to Nikon/Canon is not just POOR logic its NO logic. The pro's i know have just as much money or more put into their Nikon/Canon systems as i do into my Leica m system. There system is ALWAYS growing and so is mine, although slower! While i have 6 lenses so far (in 8 years) they'll have 12 to 24 Nikon/Canon lenses. Both of our systems are pretty complete but there's always something! By the time i get my 21 SA they'd have casually aquird 2 or three higher speed zooms. They have 3 4 5 bodies i do have a backup M6 for my M6 so far. My system would flesh out even faster than it is now if i decide my next body would be a Cosina or Konica. When i was shooting Nikons i could buy a new lens to get just the right focal length or whatever for every new job. Now it's more of a BIG DEAL when i get a new lens… I think if i went out today with the chump change in my back pocket and picked up a piece of Konica gear it would be LESS of a big deal. The thing is of course that here is only so many different Leica M lenses I could possibly get and ten times more if i was a Nikon/Canon shooter. So my system will be absolutely FINISHED TOPPED OFF as fast as the Nikon/Canon shooters. I'll be done accumulating about as fast as they will. I have a 24 but will i NOT get the new 28 Asph? No someday I'll have both just like i have both those focal lengths in my mold growing Nikon system. I can imagine reaching into my camera bag in front of a pressured art director. She/he is thinking: "Get this is exciting!! This photographer with this Leica system is putting a ^%$#@ on his camera! I'm sure he knows its EVERY much as good as that Summicron lens he's taking off his camera! These picture are sure going to have that extra pizzaz we're hiring him for!! GULP!! Mark Rabiner What do i do NOW if my 24 is not wide enough to do some big important career breaking job i get hired to do? a: Rent a Hasselblad superwide b. Get a loan an BUY the 21. eat beans and rice for the next 7 months while i pay it off but i got the shot!!