Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 9/7/03 8:19 pm, Mark Rabiner at mark@rabinergroup.com wrote: > Nikons are very Leicalike. Hmmm..... I beg to differ. Optically I think Canon are more Leica-like, especially the FD lenses. For example the FD 50/1.4 S.S.C. was very close to the Summilux 50/1.4 in terms of their optical character. Come to think of it, thirty years ago I got into Canon FD because their lenses gave the same look as Leitz lenses. I took up photography with a Leica IIIc + Summitar 50/2.0. With camera bodies, I would say the original Canon F1 was similar to the Leicaflex SL. They handled and felt similarly in my hands. Both were built like tanks. Historically, early Canon LTM bodies were modelled on the Barnack LTM cameras, and Nikon RF bodies were based on Zeiss Ikon Contax bodies. Thirty years on I find myself still using Leica and Canon: M and EOS. Bests, Joseph - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html