Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > Edmond Kim wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I wonder if you guys ever get this way. Everytime I consider buying a new > > (used) lens for my M2, I think about the price, then think about what I could > > purchase instead of the lens. I'm young and don't make a lot of money, so it > > always seems to make so much more sense to get a camera like the Fuji GW-670.. > > The negs are bigger, and the lens they say is pretty sharp, at any rate better > > and smoother resolution. I think I can even get the 645 Fuji rangefinder for > > as cheap as a used 50 summicron and that thing is as small and unobtrusive as a > > Leica. What do you guys think? Is it just me? I'm not even sure what my > > point is. Oh well. I used to think like this. For years, each time I bought a lens, I tought "hey, I could get a whole MF camera..." One day I finally got a Plaubel Makina 67 and you know what? I never use it. Someday I will probably sell it. Its got a GREAT lens, but it is too big and slow to do what my Leicas do and what I really need MF would probably be better served by some SLR. I still can't bring myself to part with it, but someday... Keith Bingman Riedheim, Germany