Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > If you do lots of portraiture, I think an SLR is a better choice. Why? > Because you see the exact relationships between near and far things. You > see what kinds of things are sticking out from what appears their ear. You > see a white spot that sort of seems to come out of their jaw. Whatever. > With a rangefinder, the guessing in this is a lot more difficult. With an > SLR you see exact near/far relationships. Yep! I think you are right. But now, looking back, I can see that what made my undecision, was the focus issues. What attracted me in the M model (besides its design), is the split image viewfinder. How easy is to focus on a R model? I mean, does the camera has some practical viewfinder or interchangeable one? > > This is for carefully composed portraits. For snapshot quality portraits, > and fast moving subjects, often the rangefinder is the better choice. Which makes the M model very suitable for documentary. Am I right? > > Have fun making your choice! (Like I said, you can't really go wrong). Fun??? I'm desperate. Boo-Hooo..... :) > > > > > >My best > > > >Becker > >bss@uol.com.br > > >