Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have an Oly 330 which was real cheap through Amazon. Under $300 US. I use it almost exclusively for flowers because of the live view/tilt VF. I also have a Pentax K10D and a Pentax K100D. Both are great cameras and good adjuncts to the M8. The M8 is a wonderful camera, but you need a SLR if you are gonna do macro or tele On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Blasphemous thoughts > > Suppose you don't want the M8, and still want to shoot digital. The $4K > would be better spent on Leica glass, or film, but I still want a > reasonable > digi-camera for all "happy snaps". > > What model camera would you recommend? > > Constraints - > - no system DSLR's. Not interested in buying into another system > - max $1500 > - must be compact, no larger than an M8 with 50/2 Summicron > > What would you, the esteemed LUG, recommend? > > And no, the money is not going into the KE-7A, which remains available for > sale. > > ...regards > Vick > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA