Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/12

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Subject: [Leica] Dan C <bladman99@yahoo.ca>
From: pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein)
Date: Sat Mar 12 20:52:33 2005
 
Dan:  Sorry, no, I bought my E-1 before either the 7D or the 20D were 
available.
--Peter

Dan C <bladman99@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>Have you looked through the viewfinder of the Konica Minolta 7D?

>At 02:52 PM 12-03-05 -0800, Peter Klein wrote:
> >Gene:  The only two midrange DSLRs I could stand to view through were the
> >Pentax *ist D and Olympus E-1.  If you have R glass you want to use, the
> >EOS cameras are your only real option.  But if you are just interested in
> >using a decent DSLR, my advice would be to hold, look through and shoot
> >with each one, and buy the one that feels the best.  They all work.  
> >Unless
> >you have a special need for which one is better suited, ergonomics and
> >glass can usually guide you to a decision you can live with.
> >
> >For me, the viewfinder test narrowed it to two cameras, and the fact that 
> >I
> >have Olympus glass narrowed it to one.  Of course, I helped rationalize 
> >the
> >decision by saying that my two finalists seemed the most Leica-like of
> >DSLRs. :-)