Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 03 August 2000, ralph fuerbringer wrote: > > i admire the svelte lines of my m2. i also liked the looks of the leicaflex. > i lost interest in leica reflexes after they gummed up the minolta xdll. > imagine my surprise seeing the r8 for the first time today. it posed prone > on the back cover of an english mag i thought might have tips for orgies. > the r8 was shot from above.what does this remind me of i > asked myself. delta burke just before she ballooned and floated away from > designing women? then it hit me: i dont know how he felt but bill clinton > must have seen something similair when he looked down white eating pizza & > discussing war with a congressman. does an r8 owner call his camera my > lewinsky or just monica? since she's into custom handbags r8 owners might > get a custom case w/drop front&thong strap. looks of course arent > everything(i tell my mirror) but after glimpsing the r8 i'm getting out my > 40yr-old black nikon f with plain prism. make a stunning couple black nf and > chrome m2, mean photomachines both and both lean. ralph Lean & mean the F may be but compared with a Leicaflex it's crude & clunky. This from someone whose first 35mm camera was a Nikon F. And, FWIW, most R8 owners call their camera the best SLR they ever used. I was put off by the appearance too until I used one for a day (thanks Tom). The viewfinder isn't quite as bright as a Leicaflex's but the R8 fused with my hands and implanted a direct neural connection to my mind. It's the first electronic camera I've used that was as easy to use in manual mode as the Leicaflex SL. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/