Digital BW, The Print

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.