Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thursday, July 02, 1998 8:54 PM, Charles Dunlap [SMTP:cdunlap@emerald.ucsc.edu] wrote: > ...<CUT>.... > The problem was that in the heat of > the moment the automation added an extra layer of complexity when I wanted > to be in full control. I finally ended up switching to all manual modes, > but the temptation to use auto was always there. I didn't really get down > to the business of learning how to use a camera until I got an M6. It's a > far better camera for manual control than the Nikon was with the auto modes > shut off. It was what I needed. That is more or less my trajectory as well. Size and weight were higher on my agenda though. I would enjoy a (slightly) automated M6 (aperture priority with easy exposure lock a la Contax) with a much faster sync speed(1/250s), and TTL flash management. Not a blasphematory wish list, I think. The points I was trying to make were more related to the way Leica does not respond to real world market requirements and the risks that this race for the smaller niches may carry for the future of that company. I sincerely do not believe that blind acceptance of anything Leica does is the most constructive contribution Leicaphiles can bring to their object of devotion. Or that the systematic rejection of any novelty designed outside of Solms carries the badly needed germs of innovation... Friendly regards, Alan, Brussels-Belgium