Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, Ever try the F100? Bigger than an OM but a lot smaller than the F4/F5. Fabulous viewfinder and compatible with nearly all Nikon FX lenses. My favorite film SLR. Jim Laird On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:08 PM, 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