Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All, At the end of the day, whether we are using Leica, Fuji or something else I don't doubt that Uncle Doctor Ted would impatiently remind us that it's us not the cameras that take the photos, and that if we are any good anyway then the camera shouldn't matter a huge deal. Peter On 26/06/2013 23:25, John McMaster wrote: > I really wonder if I would have bought into Leica if I was buying now..... > I had not shot with nor knew anybody who owned one (I have owned Canon, > Nikon, Contax, Olympus, Hasselblad, LF etc and shot with a lot more, all > prime lenses etc) and thought the name was all image ;-) > > I was coming from an APS-C Nikon and was looking at Canon 5D II or M9, at > that time size (I knew I would not carry a DSLR) so went M9. If the Fuji > series was on the market at the time would I have bought that? > >>From http://zackarias.com/blog/ > > "You see, for decades Leica was the shit for the traveling journalist, > street shooters, documentary photographers, etc. They are fantastic > cameras with an undeniable heritage. But here?s the deal. The folks who > put Leica on the map can?t afford them any longer. They are a boutique > camera company. The working stiff can?t shell out close to $10,000 for a > body and a lens. Go price out 2 M?s, a 20mm ish lens, a 35mm, and a 75mm. > Go price that out. Then price out an x100s, an X-Pro1, and the Fuji 14mm, > 35mm, and 60mm lens. You still haven?t spent the price of a single Leica > body yet. Let alone two of them. And glass." > > With hindsight I would still go Leica, nothing to touch the lenses for > different looks and I prefer the simpler operation, but if I had not used > them what would make me spend 'rather a lot' more on Leica than Fuji? Does > 'full frame' or the build quality make enough of a difference for the > price jump to most people? > > john > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig