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Anonymous
Please excause my ignorance of if I sound dismissive but, what's so great about Leicas?
>> Anonymous
their analog cameras were fast.
>> ac
Well, if you own one, it means your penis is bigger than other people's.

Seriously, though, Leicas have traditionally been insanely high quality, both in terms of build quality and lens design. And they're rangefinders instead of SLRs, which a lot of people prefer (quieter, theoretically quicker to manually focus, smaller, etc)...and they're pretty much the only company making 35mm or digital rangefinders anymore (I know Epson has a digital rangefinder, and I think there might be one or two medium-format rangefinders still being made, but that's it).

I'd like to own a Leica, but I don't want to become a Leica Owner, so I've decided to satisfy my jones to own a rangefinder camera with a Canon Canonet QL17 G-III.
>> Anonymous
They're nice to use. I thought leicas were entirely hype until I happened to come across one for an extremely low price a few years ago. I bought it with the intention of immediately reselling it for a huge profit, but I made the mistake of running a roll of film through it first. It's now by far my favorite camera (and yes, I do own a couple DSLRs) and if I had to get rid of everything else, I would not be bothered if it was the last camera I could ever use. There isn't any specific thing that makes leicas better, fundamentally they're the same thing as any other fully-mechanical fully-manual camera. The only way I can describe it is how they feel. The manufacturing is as good as it gets and the control layout and simplicity of operation are, in my opinion, perfection.

I've had a couple G-IIIs and they're nice, especially for the price, but I wouldn't even put them in the same category as Leicas. There are rangefinders (Canonets, Minolta 7s, etc) and then there are rangefinders (Leica Ms, the new Zeiss-Ikon, new Voigtlander, Canon P, Nikon SP). While they both use roughly the same focusing system, they were designed with different goals and made to vastly differently standards. It's sort of like comparing a D40 to a D2x. They're the same basic category, but totally different cameras.

As far as Leica optics as in the OPs pic, they're just very good quality. At work I have the opportunity to use some Leica trinovid binoculars and they are the sharpest, most contrasty, flattest field binoculars I've ever seen. I have a pair of high end Nikon binocs that are very good, but still not quite equal.
>> ac
>>38342
Aw man, don't tell me that shit. I *cannot* afford a Leica M! Dammit!
>> FILM
theyre up there with mamiya and hasselblad, I owned a 4x5 view camera from leica, it was pretty rad, but the bellows have holes now :(
>> Anonymous
>>38346

Leica does not and has never made a 4x5 view camera.
>> Anonymous
Attention, /p/ posters, sorry to bother you, but you should really know that

>>38353

just outright pwned

>>38346

. Thank you, and have a nice day.
>> Anonymous
AHAHAHA, bumping comedy gold.
>> Anonymous
screencap'd for future generations
>> Anonymous
hay guys i reely kno mycameraz and i ama leet fotografer for having alecia and i blargle blobble pubble mup derp duh as well as other jackassery.
>> des
ah, interbutt
>> Anonymous
It wouldn't be funny if FILM wasn't such a douchebag when it comes to people going digital.
>> Anonymous
There was a time (pre-digital) when Leicas were the only cameras allowed on the floor of the UN. They're almost completely silent.
>> Anonymous
Well that was probably the funniest thing I have seen here in a long time.
>> Anonymous
>>38411
>>39269
you REALLY need to go to /b/ more...
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
Leica M7 + Noctilux 50mm f/1 lens = :-o