Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually when you are in Aperture priority mode, the distance is shown in the viewfinder, AND on top. At 07:41 PM 3/7/98 -0700, Jeff S wrote: >I'm one of those people who likes good optics, certainly, but am also >concerned with matters of how well the total package performs. > >In the case of the Contax G2, I'm surprised that no one mentioned one >possible problem: You have no means of verifying it's focus--whether >shooting manual- or autofocus, all goes through the same circuitry, and, >short of viewing the top-mounted distance scale, you're kept in the dark as >to what's going on. As the former owner of a Fuji GA645, I really >appreciated having the distance readout in the finder, as means of spotting >any really whacky errors, and the Fuji certainly did whacky things in low >light situations. > >I'm not crazy about the viewfinder bulge/smallish, hard-to-locate eyepiece, >lenshood situation, lack of DOF info, but could probably get used to them. > >Jeff > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/