Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you for this information, Ken. I am really glad to know this. If I were to get an SLR I would want it to be a Leica. Now I will have to get to a dealer and take a look. Ted - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Wilcox" <klw.51@comcast.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Cc: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@harbornet.com> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 7:58 AM Subject: Re: R8 Viewfinder Question > Ted: > > The viewfinder is the reason I bought my R8. I also wear glasses and > found most SLRs were difficult to see with. The R8 has enough eye > relief that I can easily see the entire screen as well as the meter > readouts on the bottom with shifting my eye around. > > The size of the image is largely dependant on the focal length of the > lens. I find wides much harder to use on the R8 and on an M. > Conversly the long lenses are much easier to use. > > I have several different generations of Leica SLRs and the R8 is by > far the easiest to see with. > > Ken Wilcox > > At 11:17 PM -0700 7/27/02, Ted Bayer wrote: > >I currently have an M3 and like it very much. > > > >Today I decided I might also look into an SLR camera. Not having a > >Leica dealer close by so I could look at an R8, which would be my > >choice, I looked at some Nikon and Canon cameras -- and was totally > >disappointed in the viewfinders. > > > >I am very nearsighted. These viewfinders could be corrected so I could > >see through them clearly with my glasses on, but I found them very hard > >to use -- hard to focus, and things look very small compared to the M3 > >viewfinder. > > > >I am wondering if some of you could tell me if this might also be true > >of the R8 - is it's viewfinder somewhat the same as the ones mentioned > >above. If so, I think I would be disappointed in it as well. > > > >I would appreciate your comments. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Ted in Olalla > > > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > _____________________ > Ken Wilcox > klw.51 at comcast.net > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html