Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re:where oh where is the DMR now Canon
From: sdp35 at cwazy.co.uk (Craig Zeni)
Date: Thu Jun 30 04:09:35 2005
References: <BAY105-DAV36D7FFFF35C935B1DBCCBF7E00@phx.gbl> <42C36A57.9050908@planet.nl>

On Jun 29, 2005, at 11:43 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Stephen,
>
> It is not as simple as more megapixels. The decision to get into one 
> camera system or another involves a significant investment in lenses. 
> Of course, for some organizations or wealthy photographers this may 
> not matter, but for most organizations and private individuals 
> (whether pro or amateur) it does. I currently have 4 Canon lenses and 
> 2 Leica lenses which I use on my Canon 20D. None of these could be 
> used on a Nikon body. Indeed, I made the choice for Canon precisely 
> because it allows me to use Leica lenses with an adapter, while the 
> Nikon bodies do not.

Which is why I went recently for a used D1x - I have no Leica R glass, 
but do have quite a bit of Nikon manual focus glass which function fine 
on the D1x...

CZ
NC


In reply to: Message from York915 at msn.com (Stephen York) ([Leica] Re:where oh where is the DMR now Canon)
Message from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Re:where oh where is the DMR now Canon)