Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walter S Delesandri wrote: > snip > With the mirror bouncing around in the Nikon, you NEVER see what > Nikon glass really looked like when they made "real" cameras. :) > >My first camera when I was 13 in '65 was a Voightlander Vito BL which I left on a Chicago Bus and was returned to me by the CTA. It was a rangefinder with guess-o-matic focusing as view as guess-o-matic viewfinder that you could look off at any askew angle with i.e. no framelines. My first "real camera" was a Nikon F2 the year it came out around '71/2. I got it with a 45 mm 2.8 GN "Pancake" or "Blitz" lens depending on your frame of reference. I never got used to the mirror blackout. I used to lock up the mirror and shoot blind, it's amazing how good those pictures come out: turn off the Lazor computer and believe in THE FORCE.