Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark When the first Nikin F appeared, it was totally reliable from the get-go. I bought a Nikon F2A when they first appeared and it has NEVER let me down, I have 7 lenses for it, all perfectly reliable! In fast the Nikons remind me of Lexus automobiles. Totally reliable, and stylish too! Two Lexii, both black like my Nikons. A GS for my wife and an SC for me. Jerry Lehrer Mark Rabiner wrote: > The M8 is the first out camera for Leica of this hugely new technology. > When such thing like that happens I give a company some leeway. > And in this case I don't necessarily invest in the product. > > What was the reliability of the first out Nikon F does anybody know I > don't. > Id assume there were a few teething pains. > > It was supposed to have knocked the entire photo industry on its ass making > rangefinder cameras "obsolete" yet the Magnum people and many other of the > best people had a Leica M in their camera bag. In the same camera bag as a > Leica M. > Leica and Nikon goes to gather like peanut butter and jelly. > Brussel sprouts and butter. > > Most recreantly in my mind I think of how like Leica Nikon started out as a > lens company. Ok Leica was a microscope company but close enough. > And both came out of WW1. Neither were really camera companies. > > The Nikon Corporation was established in 1917. > Oskar Barnack made the first Leica prototype for E. Leitz Optische Werke, > Wetzlar, in 1913 and started production in 1925 > > WW1 was 1914 to 1919 > > Read the Nikon system book by by Peter Brackzo or Rotoloni and they've got > a > Viso thing in there and the rangefinder glass ported over to SLR versions > and all the Macro gizmos just like the Leica collection books showing the > amazingly extensive system. > > Now When you get a Nikon you can pretty much assume its going to work. > I think even more so than a new Canon. With the internet this stuff is > easier to track. > > When the Leica M9 comes out its going to have a whole lot less bugs than > the > M8. > They've been there; done that. > > > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > >> From: Leonard Taupier <len-001 at verizon.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 09:35:57 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: OT Nikon D700 >> >> Fellow Leica users. >> Let me start by saying I love my Leica equipment. I probably have >> more Leica equipment then most on this list. Leica's strength comes >> from their top quality optics and their mechanical expertise. When it >> comes to electronics and reliability of these products they are >> second rate at best. But we overlook these faults because of their >> strengths. Brand loyalty is a wonderful thing but blind loyalty is a >> fault. I have been using Nikon equipment since the early 70's. When >> Nikon introduced their auto indexing (AI) system in the late 70's I >> sent all my lenses to Nikon to be modified to the new system. I still >> have and use these lenses on their latest digital bodies. In the last >> 9 years I purchased 8 Nikon digital bodies as technology improved. I >> still have 6 of those bodies, two have been either modified or >> relegated to special uses. The 2 bodies I traded in was because they >> were not really compatible to my manual focus lenses. Since the early >> 70's not one of my bodies or lenses has needed repair. That's what I >> call reliability. On the other hand my M8 required a shutter repair >> which required a two month stay at Leica and 3 new lenses required >> adjustment because of focus issues, in the first year. But look back >> at the first sentence in this post. I love my Leica equipment. But >> it's not because of reliability. >> >> Len >> >> >> >> >>> 1 >>> >>> >>> G