Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was alternating between three SLR outfits, Canon, Nikon and Pentax. I could not rely on any of them for slow shutter speed use. My neck would ache from carrying any of them all day on trips. The shutters were noisy. On a chance price opportunity, I purchases an M3 and was amazed at the quality of pictures I was obtaining, especially, at slow shutter speeds. The shutter is quieter and the weight is enough less to cause less neck pain. The only exclusive a SLR offers is the zoom lens and I don't need one. I am happy with a 35mm, 50mm and a 90mm even though I have some other Leica lenses. I can also use LTM lenses. The Leica M solves my 35mm needs along with a Rollei 35. I am still experimenting on a favorite all around medium format and am close to settling on a Rollei 2.8F TLR because of the consistent picture quality. Best regards, Roland Smith Best regards, Roland Smith - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Why M is so popular? > Terry Sham wrote: > > > > Many people are using M. Many people want to buy M. Many books and magazines > > talk about M. Unfortunately, I want to buy a R. Why M is more pupular than > > R? Am I right to buy a R? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Terry Sham > > Might makes right! > The optical quality of Leica M glass it in a class by itself. > There is stuff you can do in glass design on a rangefinder you can't do on an SLR. > Particularly in the wide angle lenses > As a rangefinder camera is it quiet: > no mirror black out > no mirror vibrion. > No waiting for the mirror come up before the shutter can start moving. > No pentaprism on top of the camera > and you can see around the frame lines so you can easily frame as much for what > you don't want as much as what you do want in the picture. > It is not built for obsolescence but is an enduring, slowly evolving classic. > Mark William Rabiner >