[rollei_list] Re: OT / prove it !

On Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at 05:51  PM, Fred Fichter wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I know this is a Rollei list, but people here seems to own quite a lot 
> of gear...
>
> Here is my question: why all this fuss regarding leicas? Because it 
> produces better pictures? Then please, show me examples of pictures 
> that one cannot make with any SLR and a good fast lens...

No, no, you have it backwards. The "fuss regarding Leicas" is because 
they're COOL as all hell. They are cool to own (even if you don't 
actually use them!), they're cool to show off to your visitors, they're 
cool to wear around your neck, they're cool to actually load and click 
and focus with, and of course they take excellent pictures. (But that 
last bit's just ONE of many other characteristics.) You can even leave 
your Leicas in your will to your children. You can't really say all 
that about a Canon EOS-1D Mark II which costs actually MORE than a 
Leica M7 - except for the excellent pictures.

Heck, not EVEN the pictures, if you take into account their sharpness: 
the EOS-1D Mark II shoots a measly 8.4 megapixels!

Cheers ;-)

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