[Leica] Rescued by a P&S

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Larry,

I'm not qualified to comment on the comparison since my last Leica RF and
lenses were some time ago (though I still have CV cameras and lenses).  My
needs require longer lenses and higher ISO's.  But I have a G10, which is in
my car all the time.  For what it is, and the price, and the intended
purpose, it is great.  I'm glad they reduced the pixel count.  I don't think
you will be unhappy, whatever other main camera you wind up with.

Ken 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Zeitlin
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:33 PM
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Rescued by a P&S
> 
> Mark wrote:
> 
> I just read about an Press guy this year in Iraq who ended up in a river
> 
> with all his Canon EOS full frame gear becoming inoperable. The guy next
> to
> 
> him leading him a point and shoot which he shot with for two weeks.
> Doesn't
> 
> sound like anybody complained. I think he won a Pulitzer prize.
> 
> I've also read of AP shooters using point and shoots in many situations
> 
> where they say "no photography" but are really saying "no Press".
> 
> Tourists are allowed to shoot.
> 
> Sometimes its best to be a tourist.
> 
> 
> ---------
> 
> 
> I'm sure that most of us have similar stories about how that cheap camera
> in
> the bottom of the camera case saved our bacon. (Beef, if you happen to be
> Jewish.)
> 
> 
> In my case I was shooting a travel story in Kashmir in the late 1980's
> when
> my high end SLR slipped from my backpack, landed in a mud puddle, and
> became
> nonfunctional. Fortunately I had a Rollei 35SE which I used for the rest
> of
> the trip. The pictures were accepted without question by the editor. In
> face
> one even won a prize. Thank God for those little cameras. Makes you wonder
> if we need to haul those big monsters around. I'm going to consider the
> Canon G11 very seriously. It is 1/10 the proposed price of the Leica M9.
> Could the Leica be 10 times better?
> 
> 
> Larry Z
> 
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