Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/24
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> From: cdunlap@rupture.ucsc.edu (Charles E. Dunlap)
> Subject: Re: M6 Suggestion Box...
>
> Let's see:
Charles provided a good summary compilation of what has
been written in this thread...
<snip> ...
> This camera is called a Contax G1.
But then he reaches the incorrect conclusion!
When I was shopping a year ago, my $'s went to a M6
rather than a G1 because of the silly auto- as well
as manual focusing scheme employed on the G1. It's
slow (in auto) and hard to use "manually" (one turns
a focusing know which is an electrical pot or equivalent
that adjusts the focusing motors. Ridiculous!
Further, I recall that there are no depth-of-field
markings on the lenses. And speaking of that, there are
only four available. But OK. as of now, I only own two
of Leica's!
And while I hate the viewfinder of the M6 when using
short focal length lenses, the viewfinder of the G1 is
really bad for a bespectacled me.
And the above are in addition to the points Charles
identified in his posting: Noisy; batteries a must;
limited options.
Someone in this Users Group wondered whether anyone at
Leica was reading this list of suggestions/recommendations
for the Futura-M6+. No way to know if they're lurking out
there. But I'll bet anything that the camera designers
in Japan are.
-- Best wishes,
-- Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Sachse Cornell University
sachse@msc.cornell.edu http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~sachse
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