Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]once upon a time Mike Stoesz wrote: > My intended use with either of these will mostly be indoors--theater, dance, > orchestra concerts. I usually use a monopod for support. I recently had a > Canon A2 but found that it could not focus any better than I could and in many > cases not as well in very low light conditions. The Leicaflex SL with it's > bright viewfinder and center microprism is a joy to use and the focusing is > very > positive. Yes that is a big problem with the Canon's in low light. One thing I hate about them is that it is almost impossible to zone focus also. At least on the old manual lenses when it was too dark to accurately focus one could stick on a wide lens, a flash, and zone focus at a decent aperture and get acceptable results, but on the AF lenses the damn focusing scale is tiny and behind a plastic window...hard to see in day light at night forget about it. For low light the M's rule...but for your uses probably not too good...not enough reach. Some day I will have to look at a Leicaflex SL and see what all the fuss is about. The best screens I have ever used were the matte screens for the Canon F1ns when married to a 300 or 400 2.8...those things just leap into focus it seemed. > This is not my only camera system. I also use Olympus OM4t and lenses from 24 > to > 300 but it is not as bright. That Olympus 300 2.8 was supposed to be a really nice lens...looked small and light, is it? > BTW: I liked your web site. Thanks, I need to update it badly. - -- Harrison McClary http://www.mcclary.net