Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks Nathan, it is a subjective view I wanted and since I have used all of the cameras you list except the Olympus 410 this is extremely useful. Frank On 5 Jul, 2007, at 11:18, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Hi Frank, > > It is not as good as the Canon but not as bad as I expected. I > tried shooting with the 100mm Leica macro yesterday, and had no > trouble focusing the lens. It has to be said that I have very good > eyesight (I do wear glasses, but the correction is perfect) and I > have always been able to cope with less than optimal viewfinders. > Of the cameras I have used in recent years, I would rank the > viewfinders as follows: > > 1. Leica M3 > 2. Leicaflex SL > 3. Leica M6 (the 0.85 flavour) > 4. Canon 1D2 / Leica R8 (tie) > 5. Olympus 410 / Canon 20D (tie) > 6. Leica CL > 7. Leica IIIf > > But of course that is just my subjective opinion, not based on any > kind of measurement, just actual use. > > Cheers, > Nathan