Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well said Steve! Scott On 2013-04-10, at 10:20 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 6, 2013, at 7:29 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> I think its obvious it would be foolish for not a very rich person to blow >> seven grand on a camera unless its a major passion for them which they >> have >> obviously devoted a major piece of their time to. Leisure time or >> otherwise. >> So why make apologies for not wanting to buy the latest M? >> Me I've never spent a third that much on a car. >>> >>> However I do agree with the punch line: >>> " is Fuji the new Leica? >>> In my opinion, NO - Leica will always be Leica. These are 2 different >>> camera >>> systems and brands... Owning a Leica is much more than owning a camera >>> or a >>> tool to take pictures with. You'll get a hand crafted camera with soul. >>> It is >>> a lifestyle and everyone who ever owned a Leica knows what I try to say. >>> " >>> Is a Bic a poor mans bargain basement Montblanc? >>> No they are both pens. Other than that they have nothing in common. >>> Is a Chevy a poor mans BMW? >>> Ditto. >>> Fuji: Leica? >>> Ditto. >>> Just because a camera is not a DSLR does not mean it has much anything >>> at all >>> to do with Leica. >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > I agree with most of what you say Mark, but not the conclusions. > What you can do is shoot with both of the cameras, Fujifilm EX1 or XPro 1 > and the Leica M9, compare the two experiences, the photographic results, > the images you produce, especially with respect to the ease and accuracy > of focus....then you will see why the yield of well focussed results with > the Summilux 75mm 1.4 and the Noctilux wide open on the M9 is so low. Only > then will you understand why the Fuji cameras are thought so highly of, > and why at roughly 20% of the cost of a Leica they are doing so well. > Owning a Leica is wonderful, I do own several, I aspired to this for most > of my adult life...but Leica has to get their act together and come up > with a system that can accurately focus reproducibly, under the hardest of > circumstances, to stay competitive in the real world. Otherwise, they > will continue to be expensive collectors items and museum pieces that fail > where it counts, and they will again and again get sent back to Solms by > frustrated shooters to accomplish the im > possible, which is to adjust them to focus under the most trying > circumstances, as well as in others, blindly. The only way to focus > reliably in all circumstances is to see what you are focussing on. A blind > mechanical linkage will not do it. > > I hope the newest breed of M cameras can measure up to these stringent > demands. > > Steve > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information