Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh Sierra (sorry, military lingo) If you were starting out today, the only way you'd have a Leica is if your husband bought it for you. - Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 7/1/13 7:58 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: >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 >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Leica Users Group. >> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> > > information >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > =========================================================== >> > Dr Peter Dzwig >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> > information >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > >-- >Tina Manley >http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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