Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops i happen to like bottom loading to .Less chance of breaking something . But akward on a stand . simon from rainy amsterdam > I don't use an external finder with the 28, and I can do fine with the > bottom loader, and I don't use flash with my Ms...But our idiosyncrasies > are not good marketing tools... ;-) > > Hey, folks, step right up and buy this camera that has a quirky loading > design that hasn't been updated since the 1920s, a top shutter speed > that was considered fast in 1955, and flash sync that was really hot in > the days when our granddads' used flash bulbs! Oh, yah, they're going > to rush right up for that one...:-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Steve Unsworth > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 7:10 PM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon > > > Well, I don't use flash, I've always found 1/1000 fast enough, I prefer > a bottom loader (strange but true!) and I like to use a 28mm lens > without resorting to an external viewfinder. > > Other than that I agree totally with you that the Zeiss _may_ be a > better camera ;-) > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of B. D. Colen > Sent: 02 October 2004 22:51 > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon > > > One thing to keep in mind about the Zeiss, guys - assuming that it's a > really well built, solid body: If you can buy a new Zeiss with a good > warranty for what you can buy a used M6 for, why would you be buying an > M6 with a slower flash sync, slower top shutter speed, bottom loading, > and lower viewfinder magnification - other than to buy a red dot. And > all of that is assuming that the Zeiss is a high quality body. I'd > suggest that we may not only be at the end of the age of film, but if > this camera is as good as promised, we may also be at the end of the age > in which one automatically goes for the Leica M assuming it to be > superior to everything else. > > But who knows, it may turn out that it is still superior. :-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information