Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 10/21/04 1:08 PM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> typed: > Come on, Doug - My attitude toward R cameras is that they are pigs, but > if you like pigs, and God knows you know how to make those particular > pigs squeal in a loud and beautiful way, more power to you. And you and > I both know - and a trip to the archives will back me up on this - that > what matters is whether a particular camera works for you. > > All I've said about Leica and Rs is that Leica has been way behind the > pack in terms of reflex development, and the Rs are and have been money > losers for some time. Which happens to be the truth. :-) > This, coming from a Leica user would be hard criticism indeed. And telling. I could get on the Pentax list and lambaste them for days to weeks on any number of points I could continually dream up when sooner or later the fact that I've not used a Pentax in decades and have little interest in them anyway as the systems I actually use lie elsewhere would come out and serve to weaken my arguments to non-substantialities. But to come on and say MY SPOTMATIC HAS LET ME DOWN AFTER 5 YEARS OF TRUSTY SERVICE!!!! I BORROWED MY KIDS' MINOLTA WHICH I NOW LIKE TEN TIMES BETTER! Might raise some eyebrows There have been people on the Lug who HAVE gone out and gotten an R8 and after months or years of bad luck or whatever gone back to M. Or earlier versions of (Minolta?) more traditionally designed R's. The abuse above however rings to me as hollow. Few cameras were in more need of hand on burning of rolls of film for an informed opinion on than the modern ergonomically innovative R8/9's. ON the shelf they look like clunkers. In the hands they are a proven delight. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/