Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David - There's no question the Leica glass is terrific. Nor is there any question that one can live ones whole life with only manual focus and never know the difference. But as one who uses Ms and an F100, I can say that not only is autofocus a terrific thing to have, but you also get used to using the autofocus lenses on manual on the F100. If you want to. ;-) B. D. Oh - and there are some Nikon lenses that, I am convinced, are every bit as good as the corresponding Leica lenses. A few anyway. ;-) David Rodgers wrote: > > >.....However, it's a time like this with hundreds of slides on a light > >table from > >various manufacturers lenses for comparison that one can appreciate what > >Leica glass does. > >ted > > > >Ted Grant Photography Limited > >www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > Ted, > > So true. I'd heard about this, but never really experienced it before. > > Years ago, when I did commercial photography right out of college, I was > one of the Nikon users. I told myself that Leica's were economically out of > reach. I sometimes use an SL today that was probably the same model I would > have purchased way back in the 70's. I've gone through dozens of cameras in > between. Think of the money -- and heartaches -- I'd have saved if I'd just > bitten the bullet back then. > > AF always comes up whenever other photographers look at Leica. Maybe it's > another rationale people use when they discover the lenses ARE worth the > cost. Granted, AF is very useful at times. But listening to the naysayers > you'd think it was impossible to ever get a properly focused image without > AF. (Was there even photography before AF?) Perhaps with an AF camera it > is nearly impossible. I has the pleasure of shooting an F100 with an AF > lens while my buddy used my R7. I had a dickens of a time trying to us it > in manual mode. Maybe it was just me, but the lens felt loose. It was a > mid-range zoom, but I can't recall which one. I must say I really admire > the F100 body, but I was glad to get my R7 back. I'm still hungry for an R8. > > Dave > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html