Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah! A voice of reason, and one with the perfect outlook on life! True, true! As a contemplative photographer, I do like the LTMs- a well oiled IIIf is one of the quietest, and most comfortable cameras to use- and when I had the opportunity to be at a rally where GW was appearing, I really appreciated the M6's bayonet mount (though I did carry the old iron along, too!) I have a friend who loves to photograph birds, bug butts and other forms of wildlife, and he thinks the sun rises and sets on his R8- and from the results he shows us.... I have to agree! Our cups are indeed runningeth over!! :o) To make it even sweeter, you are in London, and I hear that is a marvelous place for any camera!! SLAN! Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "BT" <smpat@btinternet.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 3:00 AM Subject: [Leica] Bayonet vs. screw > Bayonet-mount lenses have a speed advantage over screw mount when changing > lenses in the field. > > As a former news photographer who started with screw-mount SLRs (in my > teens), the speed advantage from a bayonet mount could easily mean getting a > shot that would otherwise have been lost. This was despite using multiple > bodies. > > Since Leica (and others) aimed their products at photojournalists > (historically) the bayonet made sense. > > I actually think the current situation is wonderful. There are current > cameras which allow the use of early screw-mount lenses (with an inexpensive > adapter), and there are new high-tech screw and bayonet-mount mounts lenses. > > Our cups runneth over! > > Steve Patriquen > London > >