Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Barkers wrote: <snip> > By the way, a few years ago we ran some cold weather testing here of, > among other things, the R6. (All mechanical) I was appalled at the long > delay it had and ruled it out as a choice for spontaneous work. Jim > > James H. Barker (Jim) - jbarker@polarnet.com > High Latitude Documentary / Ethnographic Photography > Fairbanks, Alaska Jim, I suppose I should be able to figure it out from your in involvement in Ethnographic Photography but what spontaneous work do you use your non SLR's for and what non-spontaneous work do you use your SLR's for? I am still trying to decide if I want to buy a new M6 or a new SLR. I do want the camera to work when it is cold out. But probably not as cold as Alaska. And I do not want automatic anythings. And I do like small and quiet and minimum vibration and… And there is no way I am going to carry big lens in my pack as I ski and snow shoe and bicycle and in my kayak trying to keep the gear dry. I like the M6 and think I am about to order a new .85 from Eli at Wall Street. Unless you or someone else can change my mind. I enjoyed my Retina's for 40 years but even though they are headed back home after being fixed I do not expect them to last very long before breaking again. Dale - -- $ dale-reed@worldnet.att.net Seattle, Washington U.S.A. $