Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For the same reason that one has a sports car and a mini van; or a wife and a girl friend. Leica RF are the pocket gold watch while sophiticated reflex cameras are the all-inclusive digital variety. Both are good but, while one serves in a more complete way, the other satisfies the senses (and the ego as well). Doug asks: >Why is a mechanical, non-motorized camera with a dumb spot meter >like the Leica M6 considered by many to be the pinnacle of rangefinder >design, yet to be competetive a 35mm SLR must have multiple metering >and program modes, motorized film advance and rewind, auto-bracketing, >sophisticated flash functions and (in many opinions) several auto >focus modes?