Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11 May 1998 21:54:43 +0100, tedgrant@islandnet.com (Ted Grant) wrote: > I think it's one of the "little better things" on an R8. We all have used > cable releases at some time, but the 2 & 12 second timed release for longer > exposures is great. Well, yeah, having a self-timer as an electronic cable release is nice -- I've certainly grown accustomed to using such things -- but what, precisely is a "little better" about the R8 implementation? I seem to recall that the EOS-1 was far more convenient to use this way -- the self-timer delay choices are among the `drive modes' selectable: I seem to recall the list's being single, continuous-fast, continuous-slow, 2s-delay, 10s-delay (probably how I got confused and called the R8's longer delay 10s instead of 12) -- so you just set the delay mode and use it for all pictures until you changed the mode again. Of course, I never had an EOS-1N, so I don't know how this would interact with mirror lock. I like the R8 a whole bunch, and I'm a sucker for Leica glass, but I remain impressed with the EOS-1 as an effective, usable picture-taking machine. -Jeff Moore <jbm@instinet.com>