Jorn Ake kindly lent me one of his M7s to test side by side with my new $38 QL 17. (Velvia 100F, M7 meter, Minolta SD III scan, Photoshop curve, no USM)
Just for laughs I down loaded the two first shots from both cameras (WHAT LEICA LENS??) I then cut then in half and pasted the right and left halves back together. NOW here the resulting composite can you tell which side was made by the Leica and which by the Canon? Heck can you even tell through which letter I cut the photo's? If your looking at a photo on a monitor It doesn't matter what you took it with LOL
Ok, I'll go on record with a guess: 1st one is M7, 2nd is Canonet. Going on angle of view (2nd wider), vignetting (2nd more), contrast (2nd harsher) and color balance (2nd cooler). Another question tho: which lens on the M7.
Your answer is all wrong all of the photo's except the one I cut and pasted on htis thread are from the M7 look for the Canonets one by following the link S. Lui gave in his post under the photo's.
Mark, sounds like you're saying that my answer is -right-, not wrong. By '2nd', I meant the hyperlinked shots.
I've had a QL 17 for years, and it is a very capable, sharp, compact camera. Better yet, I won't have a heart attack if I lose it or drop it ... same can't be said for a M7 ;-)
Your little test doesn't prove much. After all, most posters around here could use the QL 17, or even a $20 point 'n' shoot, and we'd see little difference in the quality of their photos.
