Hello everybody,
Well, the title says it all...
How many of you have ever used or use a Leica in their pro environment? I am not making distinctions between film or digital, just Leicas.
Alas, all digital all the time and no full-frame options available.
You're right. But neither Nikon does full frame, so far at least.
And for the usual RF focal lengths one would use (from 21mm to 135mm), the Leica M system is very well covered. You can choose from the 16-18-21mm Tri-Elmar up to the Apo 90 Asph. And of course there is also the Voigtländer 12mm if you need going further wide.
It is rumored the future R10 will be a full frame DSLR though.
No, Nikon does not have a full frame, but Kodak in the SLRN does. I have three of those as well as 2 760's and 2 D2X and 2 D200's. So my future is pretty much defined with Nikkor glass.
I did like the results with the Leica's. For a long while the M3 kit was standard issue for CID and special OP Army photographers.
Larry
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No, Nikon does not have a full frame, but Kodak in the SLRN does. I have three of those as well as 2 760's and 2 D2X and 2 D200's. So my future is pretty much defined with Nikkor glass.
I did like the results with the Leica's. For a long while the M3 kit was standard issue for CID and special OP Army photographers.
Larry
Hola Larry,
You're right of course about the Nikon mount Kodaks. BTW, their solution of not using an antialiasing filter is analog to Leica's in both the M8 and the DMR.
R10? Haven't heard that rumor, would love a link if you got it.
The intro of the 5D got me to switch from Nikon to Canon. FF was one of several reasons, but there is a certain feel I expect from a 90mm lens and from a 21mm lens. Call me stubborn, it's accurate, trust me, but I like having those focal lengths show what I want and expect. And more importantly, I like the 21, 35, 90 set, with the M8 I would need to buy all new lenses, which I'm not going to do. With a 1.5x body I would probably be close enough (I've got a 15 voightlander and 50DR laying around), but for that kind of cash, I want what I want, and I'm in a position where I can wait.
I don't think there is anything missing from the available options if you want to make it work, and if I had a spare 5k laying around I'd give it a try. I'd like to give it a try, but they are missing what I want and what I will drop 5k for. With the problems that exist in RF cameras matching with current digital technology I can certainly understand why it's not yet available, and why it may never be.
If Epson releases an RD-2, RD-10, whatever, I may get it, we'll see. I'm have no doubt I'll be tempted, very tempted.
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