[Leica] Fuji X 100 versus Leica M9

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I make my living with stock and I think you get what you pay for!  When
Leica didn't switch to digital before I had to, I spent a year with Canon.
 That's when I really, really learned to appreciate Leica ;-)

Tina

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:31 PM, jon.streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> 
wrote:

> Thank you, Doug.  Exactly what I
> am talking about.  A friend of mine --  who makes his living from stock,
> Getty Images, and from royalties from a record he produced many years ago
> -- shoots with Canons, used to shoot with Nikons, has expressed the opinion
> that Leicas are not worth the money.
>
> We were discussing bokeh during his Nikon era, and he said, in response to
> my telling him that Leica produced a more pleasing look in the out-of-focus
> portion of the image:  "That is so not important."
>
> The guy is a genius.  His photographs are stunnimg, breathtaking,
> humbling...but we certainly have a different way of looking at bokeh.
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Fuji X 100 versus Leica M9
> Date: Wed, Nov 28, 2012 3:59 am
>
>
> Richard Man
>
> >
> >Doug, I think yours is a special case. With your wild life where the fine
> >details and colors are just OMG amazing, the Leica R glass is pretty darn
> >awesome.
> >
> >However, for most people (yes I am also aware of Tina's problems with CA
> >with her Canon lens), Leica is not a limiting factor, or the converse,
> >Leica does not make photos better. It can make a better photographer
> though
> >:-)
> >
>
> People vary (sometimes greatly) in the perceptive discrimination.
>
> Some people perceive subtle differences between beers; some care only that
> they get a buzz.
>
> Some people can hear the difference between a Northern Flicker (a
> woodpecker) and a Pileated Woodpecker; others can barely distinguish
> between a bird's call and a squirrel's chatter.
>
> The same differences exist in individuals' visual perception skills and
> abilities.
>
> I am well aware that for many people the differences between the way
> lenses draw a picture are too subtle to distinguish, and that other factors
> are more significant.  For others the differences between lenses or sensors
> is glaringly obvious.
>
> I don't presume that my perceptive skills (or lack of... ) are matched by
> others;  the micro-brew industry is clear evidence that others perceive
> more than I do.  Whether anyone else sees it or not, the differences
> between the way lenses draw a picture smack me upside the head.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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