I suppose I understand the appeal of rangefinder cameras, especially
for photojournalism. In fact, I was seriously tempted by the Cosina
Voigtlander Bessas until I realized I would be much better off
spending that money on Zuiko glass.
But Leicaphilia is another matter. Some of the comments on photo.net
border on self-parody.
Joao
At 8:57 AM -0500 30.01.06, ScottGee1 wrote:
>I used to belong to the Yahoo Leica 'R' group and prior to the release
>of the DM-R, a lot of other members were using their Leica glass on
>Canon DSLRs. Of course the staggering cost of the DM-R seemed to give
>even dedicated 'R'-philes pause.
>
>ScottGee1
>
>
>On 1/30/06, Joao T. da Costa <joaocosta@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Are you saying that L*ica list members actually helped you select a
>> digital SLR? Who would have guessed?
>>
>> Joao
>>
>> At 11:22 AM +0000 30.01.06, Fenwick,Thomas,YORK,GROUP IS wrote:
>> >Somehow I don't think you'll regret it, and good luck with the wait.
>> >
>> >I did almost the same thing last week; got my E1/14-54 on Thursday
>> >(thanks for the shopping advice) having tried to stay in the
>> >darkroom as long as possible. It was coming back from a holiday and
>> >ordering other people's prints from Photobox the following day that
>> >finally did it for me. Mine are still in a darkroom queue about six
>> >months long.
>> >
>> >Certain enablers on this list and the l*ica one were largely
>> >responsible for my choice, and after a weekend of dawn to
>> >long-after-dusk experimentation I can only say THANKS to all of
>> >them/you. Everything you read about it here is true, so I won't
>> >repeat it all again.
>> >
>> >Fun fun fun. Colour colour colour. The future is bright. Enjoy!
>> >
>> >Tom
>> >
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