Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:59 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 10:45 AM 8/21/2009, you wrote: >> Your photography is outstanding so I'm reluctant to argue with you >> but I don't think your pictures would be any worse or less >> marketable if you shot them on a Nikon D300 or its Canon equivalent >> or any other decent digital camera which is just as small and >> portable. You can buy NINE Nikon 50mm f1.4s for the price of one >> 50mm Summilux and 99.99999% of the population of the world would be >> unable to understand any justification you may care to make for >> that, particularly when the difference in resolution is difficult >> to detect on ultra fine grain film let alone a digital sensor. >> >> Rich men(and women's) toys. > > I totally disagree. I have used other brands of cameras and lenses > and there is no comparison to the quality I get with Leica. I take > lots of low light photos in situations where I don't want to draw > attention to myself. Fast Leica lenses and quiet Leica bodies > outperform any other system. When I switched to digital, before the > M8 came out, I bought Canon pro cameras and their L lenses. I still > spend hours on the files I took with those cameras and lenses > correcting chromatic aberrations and fringing that are visible at > 100%. I don't get CA or fringing with Leica lenses. The Leica > lenses and cameras are made to standards that others don't even > consider. You get what you pay for - and they are not rich men or > women's toys. I'm far from rich but I do want the best tools I can > get for the work that I do. Leica cameras and lenses actually save > me money and time. and you won't hear it any simpler or clearer than that, and certainly not from a better photographer. Steve > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information warm regards, Steve steve.barbour at gmail.com