Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would enjoy a (slightly) automated M6 (aperture >priority with easy exposure lock a la Contax) with a much faster sync >speed(1/250s), and TTL flash management. > The points I was trying to make were more related to the way Leica does not >respond to real world market requirements and the risks that this race for >the smaller niches may carry for the future of that company. I sincerely >do not believe that blind acceptance of anything Leica does is the most >constructive contribution Leicaphiles can bring to their object of >devotion. Or that the systematic rejection of any novelty designed outside >of Solms carries the badly needed germs of innovation... I think one of the only things that keeps me from using my M4 or M6 on a job more often is the lack of appropriate flash sync (or the art director wants a larger neg, or chrome, in which case I use my all manual Hasselblad, which syncs to 500th). I don't need auto focus, aperture this, shutter that. But I use flash, alot. I have too. And I end up using my N90s, all manual settings because it syncs to 250. So, my real world requirement would be higher sync. Thats it. My 2 cents on this conversation. Bill Franson