Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 11/25/01 11:56:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, wlarsen@almondmedia.com writes: > Because the body is nothing but a film holder that holds the > film at the proper registration and hopefully has a > reliable shutter. .............Precisely. > The system is what you are buying into. > The lenses and accessories are the important part of the > system. Bodies come and go... The Leica came in 1925 and stayed for 35 years. The M Leica came in 1954 and is still struggling along. So a camera body that has been in essentially the same form for 47 years - the M Leica - and constitutes the heart of the photojournalist's equipment since 1954 in less important than the lenses? Please. > but the lenses is what gives the Leica system its identity. I ADORE Leica lenses. Have used them since I was 14 when I borrowed my dad's IIIa. Yet I would respectfully maintain that the Leica is what gives the Leica system its identity. > We are blessed with a system that shares commonalities > between reflex lenses and rangefinder lenses in terms of > rendition. It's why I am able to use my early 90/2,8 Elmarit and my 135/2,8 Elmarit-M with focussing mount and adapter on my SL2 and R-6. > I am not going to expound upon your problem with the > Japanese I don't have a problem with the Japanese. Merely pointed out that the R-3, a camera manufactured for Leitz by Minolta, is today a budget investment. Also, it was not well-received because it was not problem-free. I bought one new and straight-away had a shutter problem with it (see reliable shutter referred to above). I simply wanted to suggest that with $4,000. available to budget, a second body with a more reliable shutter might be a good idea. > nor with fitting a 25/4 VC to a R body. Will, on this one I clearly wasn't thinking very clearly, wot? Best, Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html