Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The other point about critic and the R8 is that you should use it as a manual camera, and compare others the same way. As a manual camera, I find it second to none I've ever used. Its easy to use in manual, and this make me think --- and that can sometimes help ;-) Cheers Alastair - -----Original Message----- From: Larry Kopitnik [mailto:kopitnil@marketingcomm.com] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 2:33 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 counterpoint. It really is BRIGHTER. >>>>>>>>>> I encourage anyone to put a long f4 or lower lens on an F100, and then do the same with the R8. You will swear someone turned the lights up when you put the R8 to your eye... <<<<<<<<<< As someone who has long posted criticisms of the R8, and whose current most-used SLR is an F100, let me add that the viewfinder of the R8 is magnificient. It is wonderful to look through, the best I've experienced on an SLR. It's more than a bright image, it's as though the surrounding black is deeper with fewer reflections, making the scene seem brighter by comparison. Like seeing a movie in a perfectly blackened theater. That is one part of the camera Leica unquestionably got right. Larry