Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:15 AM 8/29/98 -0500, you wrote: >I'm just a rank amateur but I've found that Leicaflexes can be hand held >at pretty slow shutter speeds. Do they have a different mirror movement >mechanism than R cameras? I think they do. The differences should be obvious. The R cameras are a lot smaller. But the variations between R mechanisms is true as well. But there isn't any problem hand-holding with any R camera if you ask me. I used to get pictures with an R4 at 1/2 second hand held. Mind you, maybe 2 or 3 frames in a roll of film would be very sharp. (If any, talk about indecisive moments!) I did noticed an improvement between my R4 (and sP) cameras, and the R7. It's much better than earlier models. Overall, I'd rate R cameras pretty good at being vibration free. The R8 is great, especially with the mirror-up mechanism. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Ted Kennedy