Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>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 >