Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/07

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Subject: [Leica] Summitar and Elmar
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sat Jan 7 01:46:37 2006
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I have used both and whilst the Nikon has lots of potential  
technological benefits it does not feel as smooth and nice as a  
Leica. Solid but not as nice to use in any way - viewfinder,  
focussing or lens changing IME.
Frank

>> Ah, an SP - A camera I've never known and always lusted after,  
>> perhaps
>> irrationally. Of course I've long believed that if Nikon had  
>> stayed in the
>> rangefinder game, continually updating the SP, Leica would have  
>> died decades
>> ago, because at one point virtually every working photographer  
>> would have
>> paired Fs and SPs.
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