Digital BW, The Print

Steve:  Just so you know, I'm keeping my Nikon FE2 with its 
complement of primes for just such manual control for when the G2 
doesn't suit.  For some reason, I don't like manual focusing on 
rangefinder cameras.  It's just too non-intuitive for me.

-Robert

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Kobrin" 
<kobrins@w...> wrote:
> While I am not sure that I want to prolong this debate, I had a G2 
> and sold it to buy a used M6 and slowly acquired three used Leica 
> lenses.  I thought the G2 glass was terrific and was not bothered 
by 
> the viewfinder.  While I suspect that I am in a small minority, I 
> could not deal with the lack of control resulting from the G2 
> autofocus -- although it was accurate even with the 90.  There is 
no 
> way to scale focus the camera, for example.  I much prefer an all 
> manual camera and I found that if you shop carefully, you can pick 
up 
> a used M6 reasonably.  I have a Canon G2 digital and do not use it 
a 
> great deal for the same reason.  
> 
> The upside of all you guys switching to digital is that there are 
> great deals on a wide range of film cameras -- Canon FD lenses for 
> example are almost give-aways.
> 
> Steve
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "A. Huntley" 
> <Alan.Huntley@c...> wrote:
> > No question, Bob, regarding the cost of things Leica. The Contax 
> glass is
> > top-flight...I just didn't personally like the viewfinder of the 
> G1...never
> > looked at the G2. A nice car for the difference? Dunno about 
that, 
> but my
> > wallet would have certainly appreciated your opinion several 
years 
> ago! <g>
> > 
> > Alan Huntley
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bob Michaels" <bob@b...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:43 PM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
> > 
> > 
> > I certainly respect Alan's opinion and sure don't want to get a 
> Leica
> > M vs. Contax G debate going. So I'll just add that I'm very happy
> > shooting my Contax G1 and G2 bodies with Zeiss 21mm Biogon, 28mm
> > Biogon, 35mm Planar, 45mm Planar and 90mm Sonnar lenses. Price 
that 
> in
> > the Leica equivalent. The difference will get you a nice car to 
get
> > somewhere to shoot.