Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 03-07-1998 00:25 Charles Dunlap wrote: > >I also use a Nikon FM for macro work, and I find that I never look at the >shutter speed indication in the viewfinder. This is probably because I use >the M6 95% of the time, and I'm not used to seeing shutter speed in there. Same for me, but I think it has more to do with the fact that the shutter speed indication in the FM's viewfinder is not very bright (no illumination) under many circumstances. Plus you have to look all over the viewfinder to see different indications: the aperture is mirrored from the lens on top of the viewfinder, the +o- settings are on the right and the shutter speed is on the left. You could get a headache for less than that... The Nikon F5 has the same flaws: indications are scattered all over the viewfinder. Not so with the Leica R8: everything is where it should be, that is on the same line on the bottom of the viewfinder. And I owned an FM for long before I went to Leica. Pascal - -------------------------------------------------------- Check out: http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ - -------------------------------------------------------- Macintosh PowerBook G3 - it eats Pentium notebooks for lunch - -------------------------------------------------------- <<< PGP public key available on request >>>