[rollei_list] Re: Article

  • From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 14:34:58 -0700

You are probably correct.  But I know few who buy a Canon DSLR body and then
purposely go out and buy Leica Manual Focus R lenses and an adapter.
We can argue this all day long, but typically its people who already own R
lenses that want to continue using them. There are some pros and a large
Leica user population among the ranks of non-professionals who may do
otherwise.
As for me, I own several Canon bodies and prefer Autofocus and L glass. Not
that Leica lenses are not good, but they are simply not what I want. To each
his own.

Peter K


On 5/31/06, Mark A. Kay, M.D., Ph.D. <markay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

There are clearly some R lenses that are better optically than an L lens
on  a canon esp. Wide angles
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On Wed, 31 May 2006 08:08:07 -0700 "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Sometimes it is less expensive to use an adapter to mate Leica R lenses
to a Canon Digital body. Many do this for cost savings. The Leica R lenses
are very good, but that does not mean they are better than the Canon L
lenses. Simply that photographers can save some money doing with what they
have.
>
>Peter K
>
>
>On 5/30/06, Bernard <bernard_cousineau@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> With all due respect, you know two more than I. The other issue is
>> indeed AF, while the DMR may be a great way to ensure a future for
>> someone's investiment in a very expensive manual focus camera, many
>> photographers who want the latest DSLR, typically look elsewhere.
>
>While I don't know any photographers who use the DMR, I do know a few
high-end
>fashion, advertising and corporate photographers using Leica R lenses on
Canon
>SLR's.
>From talking to them, it seems their rationale is the exact opposite of
what
>you state. They are buying the lenses in order to protect their
investment in
>very expensive DSLR's.
>
>The market is changing fast. Big files may have been sufficient a year
ago, but
>high-end clients now expect them to be sharp as well (what do they
know?).
>
>Bernard
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