Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philipe, In the old (manual/film) days Nikon/Leica was quite a natural combination. I bet a lot of the Canon users have old Nikon F/F2/F3 bodies tucked away in their cupboards. You will love the D200 - its the best designed and ergonomic body that I have seen - body design in SLRs is one reason that I keep shooting Nikon. Cheers Jayanand On 5/12/07, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Leica has never made a cheap camera, the mechanical design and tiny > production numbers preclude this. I think the M8 is worth it, FWIW. > The (big, heavy) SLRs are back to macro and long lens only duty, Hurrah. > Frank > > On 11 May, 2007, at 23:08, Philippe Orlent wrote: > > > Thank you for your responses, gentlemen (esp. about the S-C-M button). > > The camera is due for next week tuesday , but I already downloaded > > the 220+ pages manual and discovered that there was a whole new > > bunch of things that I didn't know about. > > I hope I'll once master them. And untill then: full auto- or wide > > open and let all the rest follow mode, ofcourse :-) > > > > BTW: I really was convinced that there would be only a minority > > using Nikon on this list. > > But seeing about 6 responses, it must be a majority! > > Normally I get only about 3 :-) > > > > Only Leica and Canon folks here, I thought! ( Except for Mark > > Rabiner, who already has given numerous times valuable info on > > about every camera and lens out there that I ever dreamt or never > > heard of.) > > > > And about Canon: I just got the 5D that i rented for this for this > > weekend, with the 16-35/2.8L first version (don't ask why: too long > > a story). I have been playing around with it the last hour and boy, > > is this thing heavy! > > The difference between a DSLR and an M, sadly enough. But there is > > no alternative ATM. Really a shame that Leica didn't turn up with a > > digital solution that would have really convinced ALL of us from > > the start. I wouldn't have minded one second about the 1000 EUR > > prize difference with its competitors. But honestly, I just don't > > have that feeling of nothing being better than the M8. Which I > > definitely had with all its predecessors. > > > > Philippe > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >