Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mxsmanix asks: > Which brings to mind an unrelated question: Of all the Leica users out there, > particularly Leica M users, who also have SLRs, how many are using C*n*n > equipment as opposed to N*k*n equipment, and why? I have become a big time Leica M user in the last few years, but still there are many times that I want a SLR. And for that it is my faithful, built like a bulldozer, Nikon F3HP w/motor drive and a set of primes from 19mm to 105mm. Also the Nikon SB28 is the best flash I have ever used and I love that zoom feature to set it up for focal lengths from 20mm to 85mm. The nice thing about the Nikon system is inter-changeability between old and new Nikons. Like that little pink bunny the Nikon just keeps going and going. The other important feature about Nikons is availability at very reasonable prices. > > I tend to lean towards conservative quality rather than technological state of > the art in photography, which explains why I like Leica rangefinders (surely > among the most conservative of cameras, and among the best built), and Nikon > SLRs (much more conservative than Canon, and also better built, IMO). I suspect > that I am not unique in this respect. I have to put myself in total agreement with this last opinion. sl