Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He has been a very long term Leica user from the film days. In fact, I was quite surprised to see this. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >