Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For all the talk of the "noisy EOS motor" being a poor comparison on the Hexar, I have to say that the quietest motor, rewind or advance, that I have ever used by far is on the EOS A2. I think it is a sprocketless belt drive and usually I could not tell when it was rewinding except by looking at the LCD display. Not ALL EOS winding motors are noisy. JB - ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Finnegan <tomf@piengr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 6:04 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] stealing > > *************************************************** > > I just recently read the book "on being a photographer" by David Hurn and > > Bill Jay (highly recommended by the way) > > But you're telling us we should listen to a guy who traded in his M6 for a > Rebel!? Not the highest plug in ones resume! The lag time on my Mom's Rebel > is > around half a minute! Enougth time to blink twice and put in Visine! > I take my glasses off or put them on top of my head! > Mark Rabiner > ************************************************** > > I must admit I was a bit shocked to read that as well. Perhaps that is why > they slip that info in towards the back of the book. Who would take a Rebel > user seriously, even if he has been a member of Magnum since 1967? > > "...for most of my photographic career I used Leicas, for their reliability > and quality of optics, but most importantly because of their very quiet > shutters. I also like the direct viewfinders of rangefinder-type cameras. I > feel as though I am looking directly at the subject, not an image on a > ground-glass screen as is the case with the single-lens reflex. > Unfortunately, as I grew older and needed glasses I could not see the > complete frame inside the Leica's viewfinder so I swithched to slrs. In > fact I use the cheapest, amateur model in the Canon line for one reason > only: it is the quietest in operation. I certainly do not need all the > bells and whistles even on this camera." > > For his current large project documenting the people, culture and landscape > of Wales, he is also using a Rolleiflex (portraits) and a 4x5 (landscape). > > Tom Finnegan > Seattle > >