Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Note that I do know for a fact that David Alan Harvey also have used (not sure about now) a Leica M9 On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote: > I cannot comment on the X-Pro2 because I haven?t used one (of course) but > I can, as a Fuji X-World photographer, comment on the X-Pro1. The X-Pro1 is > a superb camera which has a few drawbacks: > > 1. The inaccuracy of the viewfinder; > > 2. The fact that I had trouble for some reason getting images through the > QC process at Alamy; > > 3. I lost 80% of its value in the 3 years I owned it; and > > 4. It is not a Leica. > > As most of you know I now have a Leica M9 which I am very happy with. This > has the following advantages: > > 1. The viewfinder is very accurate; > > 2. Every image I have submitted to Alamy from the camera has sailed > through QC; > > 3. I bought it second hand so it shouldn?t lose anywhere near 80% of its > value in 3 years; and > > 4. It is a Leica. > > Now, the X-Pro2 may have addressed the viewfinder problem, the Alamy > problem, the price drop problem but it still won?t be a Leica. > > Gerry > > > On 18 Jan 2016, at 03:24, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > > I won't be buying it (I will use the M9 until it falls apart, and then > > decide what I can afford then, which hopefully is not before 2018), but > if > > it is good enough for David Alan Harvey, it ought to be good enough for > > anyone eh? > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr0zu5efvkU > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto