Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 1/7/02 11:08 PM, Daniel L. Schmutter/Beth R. Stearns at bethdan@bellatlantic.net wrote: > (although at a party the other day a friend of > mine tried to convince me to sell all of my Nikon equipment and get an > M6, as he had recently done). Tell him you'll need to borrow his for a few weeks first. Don't jump into the lake when you don't know what's at the bottom ;) > Anyone on the list familiar with the Z2X point and shoot? I have a > Yashica T4 that I'm satisfied with optically, but I could use a P&S with > a zoom. I'm not expecting miracles from a P&S, but I was wondering if > the top quality of Leica optics carries through even at > the consumer priced P&S level. There are a lot of P&Ss out there and I'm > not particularly interested in something just middle of the road. > > I need to stay in the $300 or less category for this particular > purchase, but I'd like to get the best optics I can in that price range. $300 will get you an average P&S zoom from almost any company sorry to say. The Can*n sure shot Classic got some good points in a Popular Photo a few months back... My only real recommendation would be a Leica Minilux Zoom or the Contax TVS, I know thatıs no help... I've always been interested in the Rollei's as another post suggested... - -- John Chicago, IL http://SlideOne.com ==================== - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html