Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At Friday 07/04/2000 19:14, B. D. Colen wrote: >to expand his or her lens range at reasonable cost....I know it will come as >a shock to many on this list, but some of us are using Leica Ms because they >are the best RANGEFINDER cameras available, and have good optics...and if >Canon or Nikon made good rangefinders, and Leica didn't but made great >reflexes, we would still be using Canons or Nikons because we want a >RANGEFINDER camera.... Dead right, B.D. Why this point constantly gets missed is beyond comprehension. The M's haven't survived nearly half a century because of lenses, they have survived because they are THE BEST 35mm RANGEFINDER CAMERA, bar none. This is why I continue to use M's, and will attach any lens that does the job... and my, does the Nokton do the job! Just to prove I'm not a "Cosina bigot" though, tomorrow I am acquiring a 90/2.8 Elmarit from a fellow lugger (hi Eric) to replace my ancient Elmar. Of course, if Cosina had a 90/2.5 available, the story might be different. Still, I suppose I can put up with the Elmarit :) Regards John Bean