Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nikon F5 Also, I would love to have seen Pentax get back in the game with an upgraded version of the LX (how that's possible, I'm not quite sure, maybe they could have integrated the motor to bring it alongside the Nikon F4 or F5.) Perhaps Konica would still be around bringing us amazing jewels like the original Hexar. Phil Forrest On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 22:08:40 -0600 (CST) Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> 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 -- philforrest.wordpress.com gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest