Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Eric, BD and all: The rangefinder base and viewfinder window > of the Hexar RF > make this camera practically worthless in using faster and > longer Leica-M > lenses. I don't know about you, Andrew, but I have yet to see and touch a Hexar, much less try it with faster and longer lenses. The camera is but an updated Minolta CLE without the TTL flash > option. If Leica were to come out with an identical M body > many of us would > be up in arms criticizing the camera. Speak for yourself. If Leica continued to produce a traditional M, and this "updated CLE" widened the rangefinder users base, I'd say "Good move!" > If I had no Leica glass and were a young user I would prefer the > G2(Zeiss-designed and QC-d lenses) over the Hexar RF. > > regards, Andrew Jordan That's too bad. Because with one you'd be getting an all autofocus, highly sophisticated P&S with a very limited range of lenses, while with the other you'd be getting a genuine rangefinder camera that accepts an enormous array of lenses, many of them among the world's best.