[Leica] The slippery slope - "digital"?

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Vick,

I own the Nikon D200.  I was going to buy the 5D Canonj, butg the price was 
much higher, als I like the user controls and menu on the Nikons better, 
more like what I am used to on a film Nikon or my R8 Leica.  The down side 
is can't use my R glass on it.  Otherwise I like the D200, but not AF, as it 
never wants to focus where I want it to when focussing on birds in trees.  
The D80 is very close to the D200 in features, and has I beleive the same 
sensor, and is probalby a good alternative to the D200.

The DMR is a good choice, if expensive.  You do not need the R9, as it works 
with the R8 also and you can get R8's at some pretty good prices right now.  
Unfortunately you end up with a big camera, just like the Canon 1D/1Ds 
bodies.  This would be my choice as I have a R8 and I have seen used/demo 
DMR's for around $4500 still high, but doable.

Canon has the market sewn up for DSLRs and probably has the best sensors, 
but I'm not a big Canon person, so I have not gone that direction.  They 
just seem too much like computer boxes to me and not very much like a real 
camera.  Just my opinion. 

Gene


-------------- Original message from "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>: 
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> All, please bear with me. 
> 
> I don't want to be going here, and I feel those who have gone ahead of me 
> are more along my line of thinking that others. 
> 
> The question - what is the better choice for jumping into digital? 
> 
> Canon DSLR vs Nikon DLSR? 
> 
> 1. for Canon - can use Leica lenses, but is the sensor inherently better 
> (i.e. usage of IR filter in front of sensor)? 
> 2. for Nikon - if I disregard using Leica glass, better sensor? 
> 
> 3. Leica DMR - too expensive, and I don't own an R9. 
> 
> 4. M8 - too expensive 
> 
> 5. RD-1 - good enough, but high probability of "out of box" defect (30% as 
> far as I can tell) 
> 
> I think I won't be going the Leica digital route. 
> 
> Can anyone speak to Nikon D200 vs D80? 
> 
> Thanks all for any information that you care to post. 
> 
> 
> regards 
> Vick 
> 
> 
>