Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: David W. Almy <dalmy@mindspring.com> >The M6s and G2 are complimentary in character, not adversarial. With the >exception of the 35, OPTICALLY, the G series lenses are highly >competitive with the Leica M lenses, at a fraction of their cost. >Mechanically, the Leica lenses are built to different standards, but >this Leica "superiority" is rarely seen in the finished photograph. For me, this would be an "either/or" proposition: What's the point of owing two incompatible 35mm outfits with virtually identical basic capabilities? A much more interesting complement to an M- or G-system would be a Nikon F5, or a Fuji GA645zi or even a Toyo 4x5! Between the G- and M-systems, it's really mostly differing shades of grey, and I happened to like the M6's shade of grey more :-) Jeff Segawa See my photography online at http:// www.netone.com/~segawa