Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter Natscher <natscher@pacbell.net> wrote: > I am going to drive over to Keeble&Shucat cameras in Palo > Alto, California, tomorrow am and take a fresh look at these three Leica > camera bodies--M6, R6.2, M7 and R8. > > What approach do I use in making my final choice in a Leica cameras > body to ultimately buy and use in my new photography journey. > > Is buying two zoom lenses (wide-angle to norm. and norm. to telephoto) > OK rather than buying three lenses (wide angle, 50mm, telephoto)? Peter, if you think you'll be using lenses longer than 135mm or want to pursue close-up subjects the R bodies will be more useful to you. Which R depends on your personal tastes and preferences. If you don't expect to use long lenses or close-up subjects, the light weight and dim-light focussing of the M cameras are strong selling points. The current Leica zoom lenses (and the Tri-Elmar, for the M) sacrifice only maximum aperture and at times linear distortion compared with prime lenses. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html