Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To me the camera matters. I've used other cameras. For stock or large enlargements, you examine the files at 100%. There is no contest. I hate chromatic aberrations, fringing, soft edges, awful bokeh - all of which you get with other lenses and other cameras. With Leica cameras and Leica lenses, I don't worry about 100% examinations. They are always good! Sometimes great. If I'm going to spend my time and energy and money for travel to take photos, I'm not going to take a chance on an inferior camera or lens. Tina On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > Peter, > > I post pictures from my M9, my Olympus EP-1, my Pentax Kr, and my iPhone 5. > > The most pleasurable to use is the M9, but I do sometimes need AF, and thus > the other three get some amount of use. > > The quality of the "three" is not there, but I've learned to use them > appropriately, and with my editing eye, I can produce web postings that > satisfy, but the high detail of the Leica files enable me to do things with > flowers that just are not possible with the others. So, to me, the camera > matters. (I could wish for live view and a tilting Electronic viewfinder > though.) ;-) > > hmmm, (Sony?) > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com > >wrote: > > > All, > > > > At the end of the day, whether we are using Leica, Fuji or something > else I > > don't doubt that Uncle Doctor Ted would impatiently remind us that it's > us > > not > > the cameras that take the photos, and that if we are any good anyway then > > the > > camera shouldn't matter a huge deal. > > > > Peter > > > > > > On 26/06/2013 23:25, John McMaster wrote: > > > I really wonder if I would have bought into Leica if I was buying > > now..... I had not shot with nor knew anybody who owned one (I have owned > > Canon, Nikon, Contax, Olympus, Hasselblad, LF etc and shot with a lot > more, > > all prime lenses etc) and thought the name was all image ;-) > > > > > > I was coming from an APS-C Nikon and was looking at Canon 5D II or M9, > > at that time size (I knew I would not carry a DSLR) so went M9. If the > Fuji > > series was on the market at the time would I have bought that? > > > > > >>From http://zackarias.com/blog/ > > > > > > "You see, for decades Leica was the shit for the traveling journalist, > > street shooters, documentary photographers, etc. They are fantastic > cameras > > with an undeniable heritage. But here?s the deal. The folks who put Leica > > on the map can?t afford them any longer. They are a boutique camera > > company. The working stiff can?t shell out close to $10,000 for a body > and > > a lens. Go price out 2 M?s, a 20mm ish lens, a 35mm, and a 75mm. Go price > > that out. Then price out an x100s, an X-Pro1, and the Fuji 14mm, 35mm, > and > > 60mm lens. You still haven?t spent the price of a single Leica body yet. > > Let alone two of them. And glass." > > > > > > With hindsight I would still go Leica, nothing to touch the lenses for > > different looks and I prefer the simpler operation, but if I had not used > > them what would make me spend 'rather a lot' more on Leica than Fuji? > Does > > 'full frame' or the build quality make enough of a difference for the > price > > jump to most people? > > > > > > john > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > > > > =========================================================== > > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com