Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find at least 90% of the reviewers worse than useless; but then there are a few who give very good insight and critiques of the cameras. For example, Tom Abrahamsson is apparently affiliated with CameraQuest, but I still trust Tom to give nothing but an honest opinion of the Cosina Voigtlander lenses and products. Also, the Leica community is a small one, and it's not difficult to get to know a reviewer "off line", and get a more candid opinion. Regardless, you need to learn to read between the lines, not different from watching news conferences on TV. In any case, the reflex mirror on my 8 year old Canon 5D SLR fell off recently, and rather than replacing it with another Canon SLR, I am looking into possibly switching into an APS-C system to take advantage of the smaller sizes of the zoom lenses. Hence my interest in the Leica T, as I have to come to really appreciate Leica's design philosophy with their commitment to image quality, even if I do not always agree with their implementation details. That said, I am not sure if I can adjust to a camera without an optical finder like the T. I would also like to get a full frame digital M to use a 28mm lens; I have tried a 21mm on my M8 for the past year or so, but I find that approach quite inconvenient, more so now that the 28mm view has evolved to be my favorite. So for now, I use the surprisingly (at least to me) excellent Ricoh GR, which is a small APS-C camera with a fixed 18mm (eq to ~28mm) f/2.8 lens, with an external optical viewfinder mounted. All that to explain why I spend time "reading what these sort of reviewers have to say". I for one appreciate recommendations to good Leica camera reviewers. Best, - Phong On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > I cannot understand what is the point in reading what these sort of > "reviewers" have to say, unless it is just to confirm your own bias in > these matters. If you have a system that takes nice photos, and fits well > in your hand - why try everything (or even anything) else? Besides, only > Leica seem to be supplying him with free stuff and prototypes - a powerful > incentive to stay with them! Nothing new here, all brands have their online > "ambassadors" blasting away... > Cheers > Jayanand >