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[OM] Re: Camera Quandary - OM vs. N*kon vs L*ica

Subject: [OM] Re: Camera Quandary - OM vs. N*kon vs L*ica
From: Tris Schuler <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:03:33 -0800
Earl, I don't recall seeing your name on the list before. If you're new 
welcome aboard, if you've been here all along and somehow I haven't run 
across you, or have managed to forget  having done so (which with my many 
failing faculties sounds quite possible) I apologize.

What sort of work did you do when you shot for a living? What are you up to 
these days?

Tris

At 11:28 PM 2/24/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Rob:
>
>I don't see much sense in having SLRs from two different manufacturers 
>unless there is a compelling reason; JMHO.
>
>I owned Leica (M3 with 50, 21 and 90) for awhile, along with my OMs, 
>medium format (Rollei SL66) and 4x5.  There was a specific purpose for 
>each as I was a working pro at the time.  I admit that getting the Leica, 
>even though bought used, was a bit of a prestige thing for me at the 
>time.  However, the ability to better anticipate the "grab" shots with a 
>rangefinder, especially with wide-angle, was enormously helpful.  As far 
>as portraits went, I used the 50 quite a bit for casual portraitsas well 
>as the 90.  The 90 was a joy, having a special Leica magic.  But when it 
>came time to downsize for economic reasons (I was no longer working as a 
>professional and needed the money for other purposes), it was not a real 
>hard decision to sell the Leica and Rollei gear.  It would have been MUCH 
>harder to sell the Leica stuff though, if I had not acquired the Zuiko 
>21mm f2.  When I saw how that lens performed vs. the 21mm f3.5 Super 
>Angulon, I was very surprised and pleased.  No, I didn'
>  t do formal testing and I'll bet someone could point to some 
> characteristic of the Leica 21 that is superior.  But in real-world use, 
> the Zuiko rocked/rocks.
>
>I am now back into rangefinders (XA, Olympus Auto, Oly 35sp, Minolta 
>HiMatic 7s and a Konica C35) because of their special handling qualities 
>and the "stealth" aspect.  If I could afford Leica would I re-acquire 
>it?  Probably.  Would I use it a lot?  Maybe.  But honestly, I think the 
>OMs are so beautiful and useful, that I would be better off spending the 
>dough on more Zuikos, a kick-butt scanner and printer, and 
>film/processing.  Or, take the trip with my OMs, SP and C35.  Oh, and a 
>few cases of Hillebrand 2002 cab sauvignon.  It's going to be marvey.
>
>Earl


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