Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]tedgrant@home.com (Ted Grant)6/21/017:25 AM > So my friend it's nice to read positive hands on comments about > a very fine piece of Leica gear. Is it, Ted? OK, at the risk of thrashing this subject to death, herewith my 2 cents about my R8 ... * The R8 sits in my hands as if it belongs there, like no other camera I know. It has no sharp edges and the body is nicely hand-filling, causing no discomfort after long use. Despite being considered, by some, to be excessively large and heavy, that's not true when you compare it with some other top-end SLR cameras. * I'm quite happy not having a built-in motor/winder, which I don't really need. It's nice to use the R8's almost totally silent manual film advance. * I am very happy to have excellent manual focusing, which I greatly prefer to autofocus. * Integral and selective metering of the R8 both yield unfailingly good results. And, whilst I am prepared to believe that Nikon's matrix metering is better than Leica's, I don't care because, having never read a coherent explanation of what matrix metering does, I prefer not to use it anyway. * I would never give up the R8's flash metering (F) mode for any of the other fancy bells & whistles the competition may have to offer. * Finally, the R8 is so sturdy and beautifully built that I can't imagine a better platform for those magnificent R lenses. Now I feel better! Regards, ===== Ray "The trouble with resisting temptation is you never know when you'll get another chance!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/