Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/15

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: 35-70/f3.5 vario-elmar first style
From: beamon@primenet.com (Roger L. Beamon)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 06:40:14 -0700 (MST)
 
>I notice that there is some sideways play in the lens.  I wiggles and if you
>hold the body tightly you can see a small image shift looking through the
>viewfinder.  I'm going to use the lens for travel pics mostly and family
>pics.  For other shooting I will use my M6.  

I wouldn't want it with the effect that you describe, at any price. It's
only going to worsen over time with use.

I'm interested in your thinking, in using an R7 for travel and family
pictures over the M6. I have the same two cameras and perhaps I'm merely a
traditionalist, but the M6 seems much better suited to travel and family
that the R7 (serious family portraits excepted). I tend to use R7 for longer
lenses and close work where a SLR fits so well.
       --
       Roger Beamon,  Natural History Interpreter & Photographer
                                 Docent: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
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