Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/13

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Subject: Re: R8
From: n5xrd@juno.com (Richard W. Hemingway)
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 21:42:16 CDT

Thomas,

>the R8 w/o mirror up, were as sharp as slides from the M6, thru all 
>the lower

That is fascinating.  How were the slides from the R7??

>I then began taking a series of low light informal candids ( vertical 
>90mm )
>with my R8 & got some really beautiful slides. It seemed like I was 
>only limited
>by my body shake, & throw in working with that awesome viewfinder, 
>incredible
>metering system ( I also use an incident meter ); the R8 began to be 
>my system
>of choice
>for all my work ;-)! 

How low shutter speeds did you hand hold?  Do you find the R8 as easy to
focus in low  light as the M6???

>I'll send off a MSG later about my working lenses; however, I've got 
>to leave
>for a while & did want to get this MSG out to you before I left ;-)!

Thanks.  BTW please e-mail me your e-mail address at: n5xrd@juno.com
I have twice tried to send you e-mail and had it bounced.

Thanks for the information

Dick