Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric >>Speed is more important to me in lenses than film advance.<< I agree with that. I feel the development of faster films and faster lenses is as important to photography as the development of faster motor drives and autofocus. I jumped into autofocus when it first arrived on the scene in the late '80s. I started to rely heavily on artificial light. After all, if I'm going to carry the battery weight for autofocus and a 5 fps motor drive, I may as well carry and utilize a high-powered flash, right? Since that time I've made an about face. I got rid of all my autofocus zooms, I moved to the fastest manual focus primes I could find. I shoot faster film and use very little artifical light. Granted I gave up some things that I miss at times. There's given and take in every decision. But I don't plan on going back. Dave