Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, maybe you're being too harsh. The Canon copier at my local public library has never taken a dime without giving me a smuge-free copy in return. Sam S Mark Rabiner wrote: > > I hate Canon equipment (expect an F1 maybe, or an Ftb) and I'm sure Ansel > would too! I donšt really think he quite had the reputation that he could be > bought off by the highest bidder to hawk their tacky products and I'm sure > this was not really implied. > I think Canon's are overblown and I hate the way they look. > I'm partially serious. > I used to never let it pass when a Lugnut would get all involved in how to > put their Leica lenses on a stupid Canon ultrahightech monstrosity body. Now > I'm tired of repeating myself. The mindsets behind the designs of the two > systems from the two companies are so different that to combine them really > seems like an abomination. Leica is an ultra tiny company which tries to be > as low tech as possible but reluctantly high tech enough to stay with some > fraction of the market. Canon is as a big as a Fortune 100 company will be > the first to have a camera blast off by itself and put itself into orbit > around the moon. I'm sure they'll be first in solar panels in no time if > they're not already. Which unfold FASTER because the motors are IN THEM > > And certainly not when someone would say "that's ok you might as well just > use Canon glass anyway it's just as good as Leica glass" and nobody blinks > an eyelash. This was just said the other day and my feeling is if someone > felt that way why are they on the lug for the atmosphere? Scintillating > conversation? They should get on that Canon list where they can bliss out in > high tech big business heaven. > > > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland, Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/Catagorypages/PersonalWork.html > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html