Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/18

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Subject: [Leica] re: Photographic skills
From: Doug Herr <Telyt@compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 23:31:58 -0500

Larry Kopitnik wrote:

>>>
If in real-world photography, using a camera and lens the way I'm going to
use it day in and day out, I will not be able to tell the difference
between a photo taken with, say, a $2000 50 mm Summilux and a $300 50 f/1.4
Nikkor or EOS, why in heaven's name should I -- or anybody not made out of
money -- spend $1700 more for the Summilux?
<<<

For me it's not just whether I can tell the difference under identical
circumstances, but also whether the $2000 Summilux will allow me to work in
a greater variety of circumstances.

Doug Herr
Sacramento
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt