Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been shooting canon eos since the first AF 620 came in 88 i think. The canon equipment has never let me down and the L lenses are very sharp and the Autofocus has always been a tad better then Nikon. Never liked the flash though- never liked the feel of plastic on the cameras - I dont enjoy canon as a tool as I enjoy leica, hasselblad and rollei as tools but never the less canon is a pretty good tool! I can swittch it to manual focus, manual metering etc. or I can go fully auto - and even in fully auto I get very nice exposures SO Leica and Contax cameras are just as pro as canon but fewer Pros use them - I dont think it is a price issue I think its a trend and comfort issue - yesterday I tried to follow two herons that had just taken off the ground with a vaist level finder and a "mirrored" view with a hasselblad - it would have been great if I had brought my canon with the 300 mm L cheers Ruben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 2:16 PM Subject: Re: Re. [Leica] Conformity in Athens NOW BEING A SHOOTER! > Well I like my R8 and consider it to be a great camera. I get > reasonable support from Leica UK although they did misplace the case of > my 280 f2.8 when it went in for service and ROM fitting. It was found > later. I do not like autofocus and rarely use it. > I must say the best pros covering the World Championship, whilst they > all use Canon EOS cameras, almost always use prime lenses and manual > focus and many are still using film. > cheers > Frank > > > On 30 Aug, 2004, at 12:47, Doug Herr wrote: > > > on 8/30/04 2:11 AM, Frank Dernie at Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com wrote: > > > >> I don't know Mike. Does he cover the world championship or does he > >> specialise in a particular domestic or other series? I have never, in > >> the 30 years I have worked in the Motor Sports business, ever seen one > >> of the telyt lenses, in fact, on reflection, I think the only one I > >> have ever seen is mine! > >> cheers > >> Frank > >> > > > > Mike Levitt is the director of a US auto racing photo agency who posts > > occasionally on photo.net. Among other things, he praises Leica USA's > > service, the ruggedness of the equipment, the R8/R9 viewfinder which > > allows > > him to focus and compose as he sees fit (vs. as the C/N AF systems > > sees fit) > > and in his daily work he sees the results of many photogs' work using > > C and > > N and comparing their results and the results he used to get with N > > and C he > > prefers the look his modular Telyts give hime: higher contrast, greater > > color saturation. > > > > Mike has found that the Canon stuff is pretty good, but that the Nikon > > equipment falls apart after a year or less of hard use and NPS can't > > fix the > > stuff. For example for seven years he replaced his Nikon 80-200 f/2.8 > > annually because the lens got soft or broke and Nikon couldn't put it > > back > > together. You can see one of his posts at > > http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=003jp3 > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information