Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are right! The 85/1.2 is the only Canon lens I like. It's not worth carrying around the Canon DSLR's to use it, though. My daughter is enjoying it. I'll stick with my Leica 75/1.4 instead. I agree that Ted would be saying get out there and shoot with whatever you have and share the photos! I miss him already :-( Tina On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:20 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > Me three, in Iowa. I used to use Nikon, a hard core Nikon person. Back in > the 80's I noticed a drop in quality and ended up with Leica R, I just > could > not bring myself to use Canon, as their stuff just did not even measure up > to Nikon. And as Tina has said, the Canon stuff just does not measure up > to > Leica R or M. Although, I do think she does like the 85/1.2 lens. ;-) I, > like Doug now use the R8 with DMR, and I also use M cameras and lenses. > > Everyone has their own preferences, some on here also like and use Olympus, > Pentax, Canon, Nikon, and Sony etc. And that is just fine, whatever floats > your boat, we welcome photos from all here, even though it is a Leica > group. > And yes, since it is a Leica Group, we will from time to time defend it as > the best, some people more than others. > > Now, as Dr. Ted would say, Stop wasting our time arguing about the > insignificant crap and start shooting photos to share. > > Cheers, > Gene > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com