Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] M8
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:42:40 -0700
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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
>
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warm regards, Steve
steve.barbour at gmail.com










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