Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You make some very good points, Gerry. Thanks for sharing them. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 4/5/2016 9:08 AM, Gerry Walden wrote: > Lluis, Ted and others, > > As you know I have now moved back to Leica with an M9 and M7, more of > which I will come to. > > To me the Konost offers very little (if anything) which is not covered by > the Fuji X-Pro cameras, especially now that the X-Pro2 is available. The > only plus point is that it is full frame, but it has the disadvantage of > needing pretty expensive lenses whether you go down the Leica route or > some other that makes M-mount lenses. This point in my opinion is going to > rule it out for virtually all buyers. > > The main point is that IT IS NOT A LEICA, and it never will be. there is > something very special about using Leica equipment and why I have moved > back to it. Don?t get me wrong, the X-Pro series is a damned good series > with excellent lenses, and the Konost may be damned good too. All I know > is that when I shot with Fuji about half of my submissions to Alamy > failed, and none have failed since switching to Leica. Also with Fuji I > had to accept an optical viewfinder with frame lines which had no sense of > reality. I had to use different settings with Lightroom than any other > camera I have ever used. And to top it all my resale value plummeted like > a stone. > > The Konost may well suffer from all of the above, but even if it doesn?t > it will never have that certain something which says LEICA! > > Gerry > >> On 5 Apr 2016, at 01:23, lluisripollphotography <lluisripollphotography >> at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Gerry, >> >> It looks it will be a camera working like a Leica, the rumors say that >> prices could be under 50% of Leica, this camera has an advanced feature, >> the viewfinder is optical but the rangefinder and parallax correction are >> digital, I suppose this will give more precision and framing than the >> usual viewfinders on Leica based on the technologies from the 50?s. >> >> Wait and see? >> Lluis >> >> >> >> >> >>> El 4 abr 2016, a les 20:43, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> va >>> escriure: >>> >>> Lluis >>> >>> One simple question - would you use one? >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> >>>> On 4 Apr 2016, at 16:40, lluisripollphotography <lluisripollphotography >>>> at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> This looks very interesting and could be a serious concurrence for Leica >>>> >>>> <http://konost.com> >>>> >>>> Saludos cordiales >>>> Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >