Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/24

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Leica alternatives
From: "joe b." <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 20:04:08 +0100

In article <3247F0E9.255C@ecentral.com>, John Van Stelten
<focalpt@ecentral.com> writes
>As far as an alternative to Leica, I would go with the Nikon over Canon. I 
>really 
>dislike Canon from  a quality standpoint. Although Canon is very up to date 
>with bells and whistles they are no longer durable.  Yes the Nikon lenses may 
>be colder in color rendition, yes the Nikon lenses focus the opposite direction 
>from almost everybody else, but even though they have very few 
>hand-assembled cameras left, they still at least hold their lens elements in 
>with 
>threaded retaining rings and not cheap[ spring wire.  Talk about a throw away 
>society.

Does this apply to all current Canon lenses, just to the consumer (non-
L) ones, or just to the bottom line lenses?
-- 
joe b.

In reply to: Message from John Van Stelten <focalpt@ecentral.com> (Re: Leica alternatives)