Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I for one, do just that! While I have a 35 Summilux and 90 Tele-Elmarit, all my other lenses are 'off-brands': from 15mm Heliar, 20mm Russar, 35mm Canon f2, 35/3.5 W Acall, 50/1.4 Canon, 50/2 Nikkor, 50/1.4 Nikkor they produce images that I like! Yes, the Summilux is 'magic'; but in it's own way, so is the 20mm Russar! I couldn't afford the Leica equivelant!! And Damned if I don't LOVE that Canon 50/1.4!! However- ALL my lenses go on either an M6 or an M2!!! (woops, sometimes on a Tower 5L screwmount- if the weather's bad...;)) Bob (I don't use Sigma, 'cause I love my Cosinhalander lenses!!) Keene >------------------------------ > >Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 18:12:18 -0500 >From: Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji building an M > >Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote, in part: > >> Naive? No just stating facts. How many people would buy a Leica M and use >> a Sigma lens? None! >> On the reverse, how many would buy a Konica M body and use Leica lenses? >> Many! >> Hence you can deduce that the lens is the favorite option in the Leica M >> line, not the body. > >Really? How many lenses does Sigma make for the M cameras? I'm personally >not aware of a single one. > >Then again, how many people buy an M camera and then place a 15mm Heliar or >25mm Skopar on it? Or maybe Cosina's 75mm? How many complement their M >lenses with Nikon and Canon LTM lenses (sure, fewer, but it's certainly not >unheard of)? Or how many buy a modern M6 or M6TTL and then use lenses from >the 60s? > >Consequently, your sweeping statement that "the reason we [shorthand for >everyone] use the M is not the camera, it's the lenses..." is not wholly >accurate. Yes, I agree that ONE of the reasons is the lenses (and not just >the latest generation either, but the whole range of lenses with their >varying qualities and personalities) but it is not the SOLE reason. > >Are Leica owners old sticks in the mud who will stubbornly resist change at >every possible opportunity. Possibly. But a better way to prove us wrong >is to BUILD the better M rather than whine about it on the LUG... > >M. > >- -- >Martin Howard | "Very funny Scotty. Now beam down >Interactive Systems Designer | my clothes." >email: mvhoward@mac.com | >www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------