[Leica] Leica R lenses on Canon Digital Bodies

[telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)]

B. D. Colen wrote:

> It strikes me, Gary, that if the quality differences were as striking 
> as some on this list believe, then virtually every professional 
> photographer worth calling professional would have been shooting with 
> Leica - and would still be doing all his or her film shooting with 
> Leica. And that simply was not, and is not now the case.

Few will question the difference in technical quality between 35mm and 
larger formats so if technical quality were all that mattered to a 
professional photographer then no professional photographer worthy of the 
title would use something as small as 35mm - yet many have and do use 35mm 
film, while many other film-users use larger formats.  So, it seems that 
other factors are involved in addition to technical quality.  Thus we find 
that among 35mm film users, some prefer Nikon, some use Canon, and some use 
Leica.

Whether B. D. or anyone else sees the difference in technical quality or not 
is irrelevant.  What matters is whether the person buying and using the 
camera sees the difference, and how much he/she values this quality vs. the 
other factors each equipment choice has to offer.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com