Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rick - Let me suggest that the question isn't alleged lack of reliability with the Rs, but, rather, what features do you want in a reflex? Forget the 'mine is better than yours' bs, and go out and handle the cameras in question, ask yourself whether you want, or will want, autofocus, matrix flash metering, five point spot metering, etc., or whether those are features you can easilly forego. Then look at the various lens lines. Then, as Homer Simpson would say, Just Donut!! "R. Richard Hirtler" wrote: > > In addition to my 1997 Leica M6 and 35mm Summicron, I use a Nikon N90 and a > 1969 Hasselblad 500C w/50mm, 80mm, & 150mm Zeiss lens. > > I am certainly planning on adding additional bodies and lens to my M > inventory. But as an amateur photog who is in the early stages of starting > a side business and unsure with regards to my subject matter, I am debating > whether I should pick up another Nikon body (F5) for work best suited to an > SLR, or acquire a Leica R system (used R6 or R8). The reports about R8 > reliability are unsettling. > > -Rick