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Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?
In article 2006100322373016807-notreallymeNOSPAM@ixnetcomcom,
Michael Weinstein wrote: On 2006-10-03 19:21:57 -0400, (Philip Homburg) said: In article , Paul Rubin wrote: In car terms, a Leica is like a vintage British roadster while a current Nikon SLR is like a new computerized Toyota Prius. The Prius gets much better gas mileage, is more reliable, can go just as fast, and can take you anywhere the roadster can take you, but it's nowhere near as interesting to drive. As a pure utilitarian transportation device, the roadster is ridiculous. But that's not why people buy them. Last weekend, I spend most of the time looking through a 300/2.8. I sort of doubt that any range finder is going to provide anything close to that experience. On the other hand you could look through the Hubble Telescope and that's more of an experience than your 300 f/2.8, though I must admit a 300 f/2.8 has a lot of style to it. Nevertheless, photography is not all about telephotos, and the rangefinders have never been about more than moderate telephotos. They have their own appeal. Yes, but the analogy was wrong. Range finders are much more like motor bikes if you want to compare SLRs to cars. A motor bike can be a lot of fun, does have some advantages over a car, but as a general purpose transportation device, the car is more practical and more convenient. It's the same thing with RF and SLR. RF does have its advantages, but the system supports only a limited range of focal lengths. (And an SLR tends to warn you that DoF is going to be an issue). Once you get outside that range, the SLR is the only sensible option. -- That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make. -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
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Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?
"jeremy" wrote in message news:4hoRg.1578$8O1.1160@trnddc04... somewhere that photographers that shoot 35 tend to be oriented toward either rangefinders or SLRs, but not to both. I found that I am clearly biased in favor of the SLR. It may be bigger and louder, but the ability to see in the viewfinder what will appear in the photo, regardless of what lens is mounted on the camera, is invaluable to me. The owner of my local 1-Hour joint, was always one of those "always wanted a Leica" guys. Problem was, he couldn't see thru an "M" and the "Rs" lost their resale values. His solution: buy the "M" and take pictures with the old Nikon. Very inscrutable. Bob Hickey |
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