Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V3 #324
From: "DR TERNAMIAN" <Pierre-Jean.Ternamian@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:27:46 +0200

>>TTL flash and the 28-50-35 lens. But a TTL flash sync still at 1/50th is
>>limited. The M7 is not only long in coming, it is, as far as the
>>competitive market is concerned, long overdue.
>
>First of all, Leica's CEO stated in September (or was it October?) '96 in
>Business Week magazine that a new rangefinder camera is due at the end of
>the decade. That's over a year away. So we shall see if Leica has a plan to
>update it, and are keeping things rolling with the M6TTL until then.
>
>A rangefinder has to do with focusing, not the viewfinder. I find the
>Contax G viewfinder hard to view through.
>
>>I use my cameras as a living. I had to trade my M6 in because it could not
>>meet my demands. The G's can. I assume Konica will offer the same
>>technology.
>
>What were your demands. I can't find a single thing I can't do with my M6
>(except fast flash sync) that I could do with a G, yet many things I can do
>with the M6 I can't do the a G. (Such as 1.4 lenses and available light).
>As a pro, the G is sorely lacking in fast lenses.
>- --
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
>
>I disagree with unanimity.
>

>Just ran across an erudite comparison of Canon EOS and Leica M practice
>by two well known American photojournalists:  Worth the read on web site
>The Digital Journalist.
>
>http://dirckhalstead.org/issue9801/nutsandbolts9801.htm
>
>donal
>