Re: [Leica] Fuji building an M

[Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>]

>From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com> wrote:
>
>> Face it, the reason we use the M is not the camera, its the lenses
>> which have transcended time with their wonderful resolution
>> capabilities.
>
>Face it, Peter. The reasons that you have for using the M are
>different than the reasons that *I* have for using it. For
>me the bodies are primary and the lenses are secondary, but
>wonderful, benefits.
>
>Your weighting of features is different than others'.
>Get over it.
>
>I use the Leica because I love the finder, I love the way the
>body feels in my hands, I love the sound of the shutter and
>the design philosophy that anything that does not add, detracts.
>I would not want a metal shutter; I do not have problems with
>loading; I do not require faster flash sync or motorized loading.
>
>Here is the deal: you think that a Martin D18 acoustic guitar
>should be "upgraded" with double pickups and a whammy bar, to
>make it more like a Fender Stratocaster. Peter, if you want an
>electric guitar, Peter, *don't* buy an acuostic guitar and then
>complain that it should be designed more like a solid body
>electric guitar.
>
>If I wished for the features you specify I would buy a Hexar RF
>or a G2 or - much better yet - an EOS1n or F100 or Maxxum 9. And
>guess what: with judicious lens choices, these cameras would deliver
>essentially similar optical performance to the M.
>
>Alexey




what, and give up the opportunity to moan about how hopelessly retrograde
the m is, with its total lack of auto-blablawoofwoof whatever?

yo.

guy