Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George - the LUG has meaningfully compared M's to Yaschica T's, Ricohs, and other point and shoots. Meaningless comparison? I've compared my Leica M's to every other camera I've ever owned. Usually the Leica comes out ahead. But the Olympus E-330, which can also be used as a P&S, represents an advance in photography that eclipses almost anything the M can do, digital or not. I am extremely disappointed in Leica's approach to digital. I love Leica lenses. However their approach to cameras has been like trying to release a new 1957 Chevy with a more powerful engine, but still with a manual choke, no seat belts, and a clock that stops after about 20,000 miles - fun for an nostalgic cruise with the top down. Leica has ignored the creative capability of modern digital. They used to be at the forefront of photographic equipment and systems. They appear to have abandoned the legacy that made great and creative cameras, and now concentrate strictly on "legacy" as an end in itself. And the M8 price is WAY out of line for a computer box that keeps out light. I predict that the M8 may indeed hold its value - but strictly as a collectible someday because Leica sold so few of them. Gary Todoroff P.S. to Scott - it's also as "meaningless" to compare the "dinky P&S sensor" as it was to compare the dinky PC computer to mainframe computers 20 years ago. How many mainframes have you seen lately? Change is hard - don't dismiss it with a blanket claim of "meaningless". At 08:00 AM 09/13/06, you wrote: >It's also meaningless to compare an M anything to a P&S anything - >whether digital or film. > >Regards, >George Lottermoser >george@imagist.com > > > >On Sep 12, 2006, at 8:32 PM, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > >>It's meaningless to compare a dinky P&S sensor to the >>one in the DMR. > > >_