Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK I'll ask...then why are you here? If you don't like Leicas, don't use one...if you do like Leicas, then you already know the answer. That's like cousin Elda Mae telling me she can get great pictures with "one a'them thoaway camrs"...and you know what, for her she is right. If you can't see the difference any extra you spend is throwing away money. I use a Leica because it is light, quiet, and has great lenses...a reasonable compromise to hauling a bunch of medium format stuff around. I gave up on 35mm for over 25 years and ONLY came back to it because of these three reasons. - --- Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> wrote: > The Leica myth. > > Anyone here could, for $240, buy a Minolta Maxxum 5 > or Canon Rebel 2000 > and have a more capable camera than the $2500 M7. > Both run circles > around the M7's antiquated exposure system. Gone too > is the lame excuse, > "I must have a fully mechanical camera for those > times when I go brain > dead and forget the batteries." > > The Leica myth is running out of excuses as the M > series becomes a > fairly modern camera. Soon the excuses will become > so thin, "It's the > only camera that has a red dot I can cover up", will > be the answer of > choice when asked why one paid $2000 more and got > less. > > Allan > > > Simon Lamb wrote: > > What I don't quite understand is, if Ted, Tina and > others find the AE of > > such benefit to get many more perfectly exposed > images, why didn't > > they a > > long time ago purchase one of the competitors > (that accept M lenses) > > that > > have the M7 features and much more? > > > > This is a genuine questions and hopefully Ted, > Tina or someone else > > might > > answer. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html