Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff S wrote: > > Wouldn't it have been easier to buy a Canon instead? > You can get adapter rings to fit Nikkor and Leica R > glass, and the TTL meter works too, only stopped-down. > Kind of ironic, but it might be easier to use older > Nikkor glass on a Canon body than a new Nikon! The first Canon rangefidner body came with Nikon glass. > > Awhile back I thought about buying either a new > Pentax, Nikon or Minolta SLR but the darndest thing > was that because I want a macro, a PC lens and a > fisheye, the Leica R ended up being sorta competitive! > Lots of used 3-cam Leica glass out there at good > prices, but not so many ROM'd Nikkor PC and fisheye > lenses going cheap, and I've never seen a Pentax PC > lens at a swap meet, but B&H lists new ones at over > $1200. Could've sworn I've seen the newer-gen Leica > equivalent going for under $1K not so long ago. > > Current plan is to eventually use Leica R glass on > Canon D-SLR "eBay Cam" body. Who knows, maybe the > Leica Glow will fetch higher bid prices for me ;-) > > Jeff > Nikon and Canon and Leica are all old companies with Much to go back to. And lots of sharing - Mix and match back then wouldn't it be great if it happened now on SLR's? Rangefinders even. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html