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Subject: [Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:32:48 +0100
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Le 13 mars 10 ? 23:21, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit :

>
> And in mine when I was shooting film. In fact, the R8 is the most  
> ergonomically correct and comfortable SLR I have ever owned.
>
Mine was Contax 139, at least the controls were meant for me who is  
left handed ;-)
A reminder the - + switch on the R8 is between your cheek and the  
body ... go figure !
Amiti?s
Philippe
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> On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:01 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>
>> True enough.
>> Not small.
>> Yet, extremely comfortable
>> in my hands.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Vince Passaro wrote:
>>
>>> Slightly OT but I just saw my first live R8 today at Adorama and  
>>> the thing
>>> is like the size of a European rental car. Yikes. It appears to be  
>>> double
>>> the volume of my humble R4 Mod P; i.e., my R4 that works.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at 
>>> mac.com 
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>>> In some way I'm glad that I never looked through a Leica SL VF  
>>>> (view
>>>> finder);
>>>> As it seems one forever sees all others (including R8) lacking.
>>>>
>>>> My only 35mm SLR VF experiences:
>>>> Nikon F
>>>> FtN
>>>> F2
>>>> F5
>>>> N90
>>>> Canon 10D
>>>> 20D
>>>> 5D
>>>> Leica R3
>>>> R8
>>>>
>>>> R8 wins in that line up with a very significant lead.
>>>>
>>>> So I feel very happy in my ignorance,
>>>> continuing to feel I have the best available Digital SLR VF.
>>>>
>>>> ;~)
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> George Lottermoser
>>>> george at imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:20 AM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The F's mirror assembly is far superior to the current Nikon  
>>>> Line, very
>>>>> well built and far quieter than the current Nikon line, Period.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for Viewfinder brightness, I'm with Doug, SL #1, then the  
>>>>> R8.  the rest
>>>>> just don't cut it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gene
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:24 -0600 (CST)
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris Williams wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> So we need a D3 body and an F VF? I'll go along with that. I've  
>>>>> seen
>>>>>> people
>>>>>> pound nails with the bottom of the D3 on youtube.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> An SL viewfinder would be better.  The F viewfinder's pretty  
>>>>> good though.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug Herr
>>>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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