Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 30, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Ted Grant wrote: >>>> I've given up on Canon and gone back to Leica for digital. The >>>> Canon > > lenses, except for the 85/1.2, just aren't as good as Leica ones.<<< > > Hi Tina, > There isn't any doubt the Leica glass does what it's always done. > cut sharp > as new razor blades and that's one of the main reasons we use Leica. > the > glass quality without question. > > I'm not going to get into any kind of discussion about future Leica > digital > SLR's and auto lens stuff simply because at the moment it's a > complete waste > of time until we see them for real. > > So until then, I've more important things to do with my life, as in > picture > taking! Than a bunch of babbling hyperbole on mythical things > Leica! :-) > > It's the only common sense logical manner to keep from becoming a > raving > lunatic of any leaked, imagined, rumored or purported news of what > future > Leica endeavors might be. > > At the moment until I see them in use "real time!" in the hands of > real > photographers and not the pets of Leica, it's all smoke, mirrors and > clouds > in the sky! what is sad, but sometimes amazes me Ted, is that Steven Lee, the saviour, is gone... the DMR, much as it can make wonderful images, is gone, a sales failure (some could never even get it to work)... and rapturously, we are already mastercating about the next great thing... Steve