Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09 Dec 1998 22:25:16 -0600, Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> wrote: [of the Contax 645] > It's AF, totally modern camera. A perfect complement for a Leica system. > (Shoot, MF is where AF would be handy! IMO) Mike Johnston, of Photo Techniques > say it has a lens system "to die for." Except when I fondled one briefly (granted, indoors, not brilliantly illuminated), the AF seemed ponderous and frustrating. Ain't no EOS with a fast lens, that's for sure. My frustrations might be related to something intrinsic to the AF system, might be related to the speed of the lens mounted (but MF lenses are rarely very fast). But it might still be a really nice manual-focus 6x4.5 with great lenses and a funky feature you usually leave turned off! -Jeff Moore