Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/08

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Subject: [Leica] why users love it
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Mar 8 17:56:00 2007
References: <B47E951D-AE2C-4ED7-B928-AD6AC6290117@mac.com> <6785C65F-624F-4249-998E-7B10DA60F5BD@comcast.net> <F83D6FD4-E596-4D96-92AE-B1DF3DB840D3@mac.com> <45F0B983.3090106@waltjohnson.com>

Walt,

Actually more then that. Add the lens.    $1620 vs. $6390.

Len


On Mar 8, 2007, at 8:33 PM, Walt Johnson wrote:

> George
>
> 1300 for the D200 Nikon, 4800 for an M8. The Nikon seems to do  
> quite well for itself. Why not compare the M8 with something in the  
> same price range?
>
> Walt
>
> Lottermoser George wrote:
>> Could be the lens. However, both are obviously stopped down. I do  
>> believe that in reality it's a combination of lens, sensor, in  
>> camera software - the whole deal - and if I had a point - that  
>> would be it. The M8 system competes superbly with the best of the  
>> pro systems at producing clean, sharp, finely detailed digital  
>> files. And for M lovers, in a digital world, that's a very good  
>> thing.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george@imagist.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 8, 2007, at 6:38 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote:
>>
>>> Pretty interesting, George. No comparison. But I think the  
>>> comparison is more the 50 1.4 Nikkor vs the Summicron. We know  
>>> the M8 is sharper, but shouldn't be that much.
>>
>>
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