Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/14

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Subject: [Leica] AR-1 I have a slug of spares and finders
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:06:17 -0500 (CDT)
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Jayanand,

I have to agree with that.   I have an R5, which I think has the same vf as 
the R6, and I have compared it to the R8 and the F2 and F3, and the R5 is 
inferior -- not as bright nor as sharp and clear -- to the R8.

Robert

On Jul 14, 2012, at 9:56 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> I, too, do not have an R8, and have never used one, but I do have an
> R6.2, as well as a Nikon F2AS and a Nikon F3. I looked through all
> three just now, and found either of the Nikons' viewfinders brighter
> and better than the Leica's. Considering, too that I had a choice of
> 20 odd focusing screens for the Nikons, as well as 6-7 viewfinders, I
> found them far superior in practical usage to the Leica. You could get
> a viewfinder or a focusing screen for every conceivable use you wanted
> to put them to. All in all the Nikons were exemplary system cameras
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 15-Jul-2012, at 6:37 AM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have a stack of AR-1 Old Nikon Soft Releases-spare offer away in good 
>> to new shape mak at teleport.com
>> 
>> finders. Do not have a R8 or F3 but my R6 is not NOT as good as the 
>> finder on my F2 witht he standard prism and screen
>> 
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