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Subject: [Leica] The slippery slope - digital?
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Thu Dec 21 09:15:22 2006

All take good pictures, but there is no question that Canon has the edge -
over everyone - in high iso performance, if that's important to you.
However, with its latest offerings, including the D200, Nikon is getting
close.




On 12/21/06 9:00 AM, "durling@cox.net" <durling@cox.net> wrote:

> A good comparison of the features etc is here:
> http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/nikon-vs-canon.htm
> 
> I think the most relevant quote from that article is "They all give the
> same quality images within the same price class."  So what differs between
> them are ergonomics, build quality, lens selecton etc.  These are all
> highly subjective factors, so play with them if you get a chance and look
> at a variety of reviews.
> 
> Personally I like Nikon for the above reasons, but I can't fault Canon
> users.  They all take good pictures.
> 
> Mike Durling
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Vick Ko vick.ko@sympatico.ca
> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:28:11 -0500
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] The slippery slope - "digital"?
> 
> 
> All, please bear with me.
> 
> I don't want to be going here, and I feel those who have gone ahead of me
> are more along my line of thinking that others.
> 
> The question - what is the better choice for jumping into digital?
> 
> Canon DSLR vs Nikon DLSR?
> 
> 1.  for Canon - can use Leica lenses, but is the sensor inherently better
> (i.e. usage of IR filter in front of sensor)?
> 2.  for Nikon - if I disregard using Leica glass, better sensor?
> 
> 3.  Leica DMR - too expensive, and I don't own an R9.
> 
> 4.  M8 - too expensive
> 
> 5.  RD-1 - good enough, but high probability of "out of box" defect (30% as
> far as I can tell)
> 
> I think I won't be going the Leica digital route.
> 
> Can anyone speak to Nikon D200 vs D80?
> 
> Thanks all for any information that you care to post.
> 
> 
> regards
> Vick
> 
> 
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