Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quite right, Duane. I have and F1n (it was the first camera I used as a news photographer and held onto it for setimental reasons) with the canon 50 1.4 lens mounted on it that I keep loaded with B&W for shots of my daughter around the house. The photos are superb, the lens is very nice and considering it cost $65.00 in mint condition its cost performance ratio is hard to beat. Leica glass is awesome, but for a starter kit Canon is hard to beat. Nikon would be nice also if everything wasn't backwards. ;) BIRKEY, DUANE wrote >I think you could find a Canon ftb, or ftbn with a 50, and probably a >28 f/2.8 and 135 f/2.8 for that amount quite easily. > >IMHO It would give you a whole lot more range photographically speaking >than a R4SP body and a 50mm. And quite frankly I'd rather have 3 lenses >that perform very well for 99% of all applications than 1 lens, even if >it is a Leica one. > >Leica lens quality doesn't really improve a mediocre subject choice or >bad use of lighting or plain bad technique. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto