Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]100% right.... BarryH At 08:23 PM 3/2/2012, you wrote: >OM-3 >On Mar 2, 2012, at 8:08 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > > > From: "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> > > > >> Would there have have been further development in film > cameras? What would you improve on the M6TTL, M7, or MP? Or the > R9? Or the Nikon F6? > > > >> What do you think? > > > >> Robert > > > ====================================================================================================================================== > > I would have liked an M3 with built-in meter. I prefer that > viewfinder, with high magnification, and frames for 50-90-135. I > just don't shoot much with anything wider than a 50mm. I'm always > amused by the popularity of wide angles as general purpose > lenses. A 90 is almost my "normal", so I was pleased last week to > be given an Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.4. When I use it on my 30D, it > becomes an 80mm f/1.4. (For my Leicas, I have a rigid 9 cm Elmar > LTM, a collapsible 90mm Elmar, a Nikkor 85mm f/2 LTM and an 85mm > F/1.5 Lithagon LTM) > > > > I thought the best Nikon was the F2, except for the meter switch > being the wind lever; then they went downhill with built-in motors > and AF. The F3 was battery dependent and the later models were way > too big. My very favorite SLR was the Olympus OM4T - perfect size, > large, bright viewfinder with built-in diopter correction, and > great metering system. > > > > 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/ > > > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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