Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Case in point, at work, I use the Canon Eos cameras (1n and an A2e). They > do work rather nicely, but have you ever tried to use one of these on manual > all the time? If I had an M6 for ever time the shutter speed "dial" got > moved when working a fast paced event, I use my EOS 1n on manual all the time. Before my short lived stint with Leica "R" I used EOS for about 5 years and think I only set the thing in auto once or twice. I have all ways been a manual setting person. It does take some getting used to, but for me when I got used to the wheels I found them to be the best way to control a camera I have ever used. I love being able to control the aperture with my thumb and the shutter speed with my finger...very fast and allows me to keep my left hand under the lens supporting the weight with out moving my hand to back near the body to turn the aperture ring, thus losing a lot of support under the body when shooting with long glass. I have not had as much problem with the EOS shifting shutter speeds while being carried as I did with the R8 shifting exposure modes. Last year when covering the damage from the tornado that hit Nashville for Black Star my R8 kept shifting from "M" to one of the Auto modes...this caused me to miss several really nice shots because I kept having to fiddle with the camera to get back into M mode to make the proper exposure. Could have something to do with the way I carry the bodies...If memory serves the R8 exposure mode setting switch is on the opposite side of the body from the EOS firing button/shutter speed selector...perhaps my carrying method makes the switch on the R8 more susceptible to hitting against my body...I carry the camera over my left shoulder with lens turned into my body, maybe if I carried it on my right shoulder with lens into my body then the dial would get hit less??? (reverse is true for EOS1n...body on left shoulder gets hit less) something to think about. Guess it also tends to have something with how one works. I tend to use a Minolta meter for 90% of all my exposure readings so I seldom worry about the camera's internal meter, for that style of shooting I need the body in Manual mode......perhaps if I were of the type to use auto modes I would feel differently. Best regards, Harrison mailto:mcclary@iname.com http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto preview my book: http://www.volmania.com