Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re:Photos of M8 now D2x
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)
Date: Sun Aug 27 20:04:02 2006
References: <082720062005.13302.44F1FB1B0002E343000033F6219792474103010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <44F25273.5010004@eth.net>

On Aug 27, 2006, at 7:18 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> I really dont understand the fuss. I grew up shooting a Nikon F3 which 
> has a beautiful 100 % viewfinder (like all Nikon F series cameras do), 
> later shifted to an F 100, and recently a D70. I even find the D70 
> quite easy to focus with Nikkor AIS lenses...There are differences, 
> but usability is the first victim in the search for "bigger is better" 
>  numbers.

Try an SL viewfinder to see what the fuss is about.  Especially try it 
with a slow lens or off-center focussing point(s).  Or both.  My Nikon 
FTn with E screen  is a distant second-best.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


In reply to: Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com) ([Leica] Re:Photos of M8 now D2x)
Message from jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Re:Photos of M8 now D2x)