Re: [Leica] SL vs SL2 for long lenses

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Bud-
Well, my SL-Mot that I got around 1979, used, had to have a new prism a
couple of years ago; the silvering was coming off, and I had the CLA done as
well- and like you, I have more in it than I'll ever get out if I tried to
sell it, but then, I'd never get as nice a camera for what I paid- and since
it'll outlast me, I ain't squealing too much!
I, like you, seem to prefer an uncluttered viewfinder! I sold the R7 because
there was all kinds of lights going off in there, and since I wasn't into
all the AE stuff, it distracted the dickens out of me! I am trying an R6
which I like a lot- the metering reminds me of the M6 and the viewfinder is
not too cluttered, and it's mechanical, so if I forget a battery or two, I
can still make camera like noises, and expose film!
The spot metering I admit, I had to get used to; I still use a Gossen Luna
Pro that is older than dirt, and two Weston Master V meters - After so many
years, they are just like extensions of my hands and it's easier to use than
learn a new system!
PS-  Who is Omar Cook, ( It's not Omar the Tentmaker, who makes my
shirts....)and what is an ABC'er?

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] SL vs SL2 for long lenses


> Dan,
> I got screwed by a Leica dealer in Florida on my SL but it was
cosmetically fine
> inside and out.  It's needed a new prism and a new shutter brake and I had
DAG
> do his thing with it.  So far I've got more in it than I'll get out of it
but I
> don't care.  I agree with you and everyone else, it's a terrific camera
(but so
> is the SL-2).
>
> Actually, I like several things about the SL over the SL-2 including (of
course)
> the screen but also the match needle for the meter and the way you open
the back
> of the camera.  I also like the simplicity of just shutter speeds in the
> viewfinder rather than both.  You seldom need to see the aperture setting
in the
> viewfinder and it complicates the on in the SL-2.
>
> Both cameras have spot metering (is anything else worth fooling with on
manual
> cameras?).
>
> I agree with you about leather but my M3 has been riding in a Leitz hard
leather
> combination case for decades and it's just fine.
>
> Sorry for my long post.
>
> P.S. Are you into the Carolina recruitment of Omar Cook or are you an
ABC'er:-)