[Leica] Buying Leica.....

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To me the camera matters.  I've used other cameras.  For stock or large
enlargements, you examine the files at 100%.  There is no contest.  I hate
chromatic aberrations, fringing, soft edges, awful bokeh - all of which you
get with other lenses and other cameras.  With Leica cameras and Leica
lenses, I don't worry about 100% examinations.  They are always good!
 Sometimes great.  If I'm going to spend my time and energy and money for
travel to take photos, I'm not going to take a chance on an inferior camera
or lens.

Tina


On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter,
>
> I post pictures from my M9, my Olympus EP-1, my Pentax Kr, and my iPhone 5.
>
> The most pleasurable to use is the M9, but I do sometimes need AF, and thus
> the other three get some amount of use.
>
> The quality of the "three" is not there, but I've learned to use them
> appropriately, and with my editing eye, I can produce web postings that
> satisfy, but the high detail of the Leica files enable me to do things with
> flowers that just are not possible with the others.  So, to me, the camera
> matters.  (I could wish for live view and a tilting Electronic viewfinder
> though.)  ;-)
>
> hmmm, (Sony?)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com
> >wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > At the end of the day, whether we are using Leica, Fuji or something
> else I
> > don't doubt that Uncle Doctor Ted would impatiently remind us that it's
> us
> > not
> > the cameras that take the photos, and that if we are any good anyway then
> > the
> > camera shouldn't matter a huge deal.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > On 26/06/2013 23:25, John McMaster wrote:
> > > I really wonder if I would have bought into Leica if I was buying
> > now..... I had not shot with nor knew anybody who owned one (I have owned
> > Canon, Nikon, Contax, Olympus, Hasselblad, LF etc and shot with a lot
> more,
> > all prime lenses etc) and thought the name was all image ;-)
> > >
> > > I was coming from an APS-C Nikon and was looking at Canon 5D II or M9,
> > at that time size (I knew I would not carry a DSLR) so went M9. If the
> Fuji
> > series was on the market at the time would I have bought that?
> > >
> > >>From http://zackarias.com/blog/
> > >
> > > "You see, for decades Leica was the shit for the traveling journalist,
> > street shooters, documentary photographers, etc. They are fantastic
> cameras
> > with an undeniable heritage. But here?s the deal. The folks who put Leica
> > on the map can?t afford them any longer. They are a boutique camera
> > company. The working stiff can?t shell out close to $10,000 for a body
> and
> > a lens. Go price out 2 M?s, a 20mm ish lens, a 35mm, and a 75mm. Go price
> > that out. Then price out an x100s, an X-Pro1, and the Fuji 14mm, 35mm,
> and
> > 60mm lens. You still haven?t spent the price of a single Leica body yet.
> > Let alone two of them. And glass."
> > >
> > > With hindsight I would still go Leica, nothing to touch the lenses for
> > different looks and I prefer the simpler operation, but if I had not used
> > them what would make me spend 'rather a lot' more on Leica than Fuji?
> Does
> > 'full frame' or the build quality make enough of a difference for the
> price
> > jump to most people?
> > >
> > > john
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > ===========================================================
> > Dr Peter Dzwig
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>
> USA
>
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