[Leica] Pro/Am(was Nikon 300 2.8 vs Leica SLR lens)

[Alex Hurst <corkflor@iol.ie>]

Ted Grant, wise old man of the LUG extraordinaire expleted:

>I questioned my mental state for replying to this crap post and very nearly
>didn't. However it's such a crock of bullshit, but nothing any brighter
>than we've come to expect from  good old toto oz!
>
>There isn't any doubt the 300 Nikon 2.8 isn't a fine lens, it is. Why
>wouldn't it be?

Right on Ted. I love my old Nikons (and their lenses), and they're fine
cameras, but they ain't Leicas (and definitely not their lenses).

<huge Pulitzer snip>
>
>There are many photographers on the LUG that shoot hundreds and hundreds of
>rolls a year and I imagine damn few who only shoot 5 if any! Some of us
>have shot a 100 rolls within a couple of days on certain assignments. Or in
>my case, July 1, 1985 I shot 53 rolls of 36 exposure Kodachrome during the
>one day celebration of Canada Day! So "only 5 rolls a year?"   Up your nose
>with a rubber hose!

This raises an interesting point. As a reasonably serious amateur, I shoot
about three rolls a week - in the meantime I work for a living to support
my addiction.

That's roughly 5000 shots a year, of which I would regard no more than 300
shots as 'keepers' - in other words, prints I would keep for _myself_. Many
more than that do the rounds to family and friends, and they're more than
happy with them. But that's because the general standard of P&S photography
is so appalling, and anything taken in a reasonably competent fashion can't
help but look better.

Now come clean, LUGnuts. Apart from pros like Ted et al., are you really
shifting enough film through those very expensive gizmos? And is your real
'Keeper' strike rate any better than mine?

I'd hate to learn that most of you are happy with those miserable,
maladjusted prints you get back from the lab.

Slan

Alex





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