Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I absolutely love mine and wouldn't trade it for any other DLSR. Tina On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:51 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > Sounds like you need a R8/9 DMR package. Very simple to operate and use, > and the menu is simplicity itself. Yes, it is large and heavy like a D3 > series Nikon or 1Dx Canon, but far simpler to use. > > Cheers, > Gene > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> > To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 8:49:07 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon 1D X -- the real marker to the end of the > mega-pixel wars? > > Too much complexity, and this thing probably weighs as much as three M9's. > I want cameras that are simple and basic and small. > >From what I can tell, an M8 or M9 is simpler than the irritating DSLR's I > have to use at work. I'm always fighting with menus and the ever changing > ergonomics. I use three different models - a 5D Mk II, ID Mk II, and my > 30D, and each one has slightly different control layouts, so I keep making > mistakes when I have to hurry. The 30D is my favorite, since it is the > smallest and has the fewest features, but I I would like a digital OM4 > (manual focus with a huge bright screen, minimal controls, and small > lenses) > even better (or of course an M9). > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com