Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have no idea why people compare simple mechanical cameras which do not require batteries (I have M2, Nikon F2 (plain prism) and 500C/M) with digital cameras. I used Fuji X-T1 and the results, for me, were nowhere close to what I get with Leica. john -----Original Message----- On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr>wrote: >......In the last 12 months, three sensors (M9, original Monochrom and S2-P, plus currently on my third S AF failure), all carried out >free including shipping..... =================================================================================================== Wow(?). I used my (second-hand) M3 every day for 40 years, personally and at work, and it is still going strong. I'd still use it if I had a darkroom. Loved my film Leicas, but I'm glad I saved a lot of money (and grief) by buying a Fuji body for all my diverse lenses. No problems in three years. - Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt