Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have read with great interest the thread on professional cameras and the failings of Leica. My only real point is that if you are getting paid you have back ups to your back up. If you can't afford two or three identical bodies then you rotate into newer stuff before your current tool is too far gone to be dependable. Same with lenses, power, flashes, and memory storage. All things fail when you need them so there has to be a next. My second observation is that all brands fail, all lenses have issues, and sensors from every vendor can do some very interesting things. This is from direct observation from handling thousands(yes thousands) of cameras, lenses, flashes and what have you. Last, the worst thing you can do is not use your equipment. I see more really nice outside with fuzzy, stiff, non working insides because someone put the item away in deep storage and didn't make such good choices as to what that storage might be. Use the tool that you can afford that gets the job done. Believe me, I've gone down many rabbit holes searching for the best: knife, 1911, fast burning powder, 50mm lens, 35mm lens, framing hammer....My conclusion is that most of the time any of the top three manufacturer's in any given field will have a perfectly adequate choice starting in the low middle of their line. In Nikon you could make a living with a D5200 if you were down to that. -- Don don.dory at gmail.com