Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Try the M9. It fits your requirements. No extra buttons, toggles, screens, programs. If you want it to work just like an M6, it will work just like an M6. Just don't look at the LCD or turn it off. The only difference that matters is that you can change ISO in the middle of the "roll of film". Absolutely wonderful. You can also take several hundred photos without changing rolls. Then, when you are ready to use the photos, they are there! No further development needed. If you want to experiment with different exposures or techniques, it won't cost you a cent in film or development. The Leica M9 is there when you press the button. It doesn't get in your way. You press. It captures. I hated my Canon digital cameras when I first switched to digital. Leica is totally different. Just like film Leicas ;-) Tina On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:46 PM, <manolito at videotron.ca> wrote: > For me, photography is mostly about timing. My job is to press the button > at the right time and the camera's job is to not get in my way. I press. It > captures. > > My main requirement for a camera is to do what I want it to do when I want > it to. > > I am annoyed by cameras with buttons on the front, buttons and toggles all > over the back, on the sides. Panels here and panels there. Extra screens. > Things to pre-program and tehn re-program for something else later. Very > distracting when it comes to my timing. > > I suppose one could take 10x more photos to overcome all that distraction. > But then, it isn't really about timing anymore, is it? > > I just need one button most of the time -- the shutter release -- and one > screen -- the viewfinder -- that allows me to see the moment when I press > the one button. > > For me, only the film Leica M truly fulfills my requirements. > > Emanuel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com