Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning, Yes, I too, as most on this list, have used a variety of equipment, and am fairly adept at adapting to whatever camera happens to be in my hands. Unfamiliarity with a tool is not what I'm talking about. I would truly like to see some images taken with the RF at minimum focus and wide open using the 75 Summilux. Feel free to email them to me off list. Regards, Patrick - --- Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > At 3:21 PM -0800 3/4/03, Patrick Jelliffe wrote: > >Get back to me when you get the mess cleaned up and > >use a Hexar for an extended period. I dare ya. > > > >Patrick > > > > > >--- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> Pat > >> > >> The sound you hear is of me barfing. > >> > >> When you have used a Leica for X years, any > other > >> camera > >> may feel strange, and vice versa. I had used a > >> Contax I and > >> II for many years before I owned a Leica, and > >> believe me, > >> the Leica felt weird until I got used to it. > >> Everything turned > >> the wrong way! The same dislocation occurred > when I > >> went to a Nikon F2 for SLR work. A little time, > and > >> alles ist in ordnung. > >> > > > Jerry > > > > > I've had a Hexar RF for about 2 1/2 years now. I > also have a couple > of M6's (TTL and Classi), an M7 and an M4. Over the > past 40 years > I've had most current models, from the IIIg on. I'm > very happy with > the RF. No shimming necessary; I've had M6's and > M4's that were off > more than the RF is. The RF focuses fine at all > distances with the > 35/1.4 and 75/1.4, although I use it more with the > former than the > latter. > > As far as being used to other cameras, I've had and > used TLR's, > 4x5's, 8x10's, swing lens cameras of various sizes, > Nikon's, Canon's, > Konica's, Xpan, Hasselblad 2 1/4, Mamiya 6/7 and > 645, Minox, and > various small 35's. Plus some which don't > immediately spring to mind. > I still have and use many of these. Jumping to > different cameras > doesn't scare me. > > Shutter noise on the Hexar RF is more different than > louder; the > difference in volume is slight. When you grip it the > camera feels > very secure, much more so than the M's, as the > rubberized covering > and contouring is very nice. It feels very solid. > > It seems to suffer from the same problem re: > rangefinder alignment > that the M's do. Namely, if you drop the camera one > foot onto carpet, > the alignment is off, but if you drop it 3 feet onto > a hard surface, > there might be a ding in the body (less with the > Hexar, due to the > titanium body), but the alignment is still on :-). > Adjusting the > alignment is as easy as with the Mamiya M6/7 - just > pry off a small > cover, and do the adjusting with a small > screwdriver, both vertical > and horizontal. A lot easier than with Leica's. > > I like the Hexar so well, in fact, that I picked up > another used body > a couple of months ago. > > No religion involved in any of this, and no sucking > up required as I > don't get any of this stuff for free. I just use the > camera that > suits what I'm shooting. I'll always have a Leica, > but I'll always > have other cameras as well, as Leica's don't do > everything I want. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html