Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/10

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Subject: [Leica] Leica SLR hand hold, was: Leica M2 question
From: Lucien <lucien@ubi.edu>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:27:31 +0100
 
Bud Cook wrote:

> I would like to point out that I can hand hold my SL/SL-2's at much
> lower shutter speeds than the Ft, Ftn, F2 and F3's that I owned.  
> The crank arm control of the mirror, smooth shutter release and mass 
> of the camera make for pretty amazing slow speed results.

> I doubt that the later R bodies or any other SLR's can match Leicaflexes
> in this regard.  Leicaflexes are the M2/M3's of SLR's :-)

Bud,

Have you tried the R8?

It's really surprising!

IMO, equal to the SL/SL2, if not better,
and it offer the mirror lock up.

Lucien