Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have an R6.2 and it is a great body that has worked like a charm for 5 years. Having put more than a thousand roles of film through it, I have never once felt handicapped by not having continuous shutter speeds. Instead, the body offers a key advantage. It will function at all shutter speeds if the meter battery fails. Bill Christensen - -----Original Message----- From: thibault collin <tc-lnc@u-picardie.fr> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Friday, October 02, 1998 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] R6 >Alastair, > >Thanks for your opinion! >Is this so important that the lens has to be wide open? >I think that it's the picture that is important and that it won't be >significantly affected by shutting the lens down of half a stop! If one >wants to use the noctilux wide open in every situation, he's got to buy a >minolta 9xi and have the lens adapted to it (because of the 1/12000 shutter >speed)! or even worse, use some grey filters...I hate this! >Thib. > > >At 06:45 02/10/1998 -0700, you wrote: >>Thib, >> >>@@@@@@@@@@ >>What do you think about the R6? >>@@@@@@@@@@ >> >>I try not to. My accountant is upset with me already, but for what its >>worth, some people do not like the lack of continuous shutter speeds. We >>hear a lot about Leica glass being made to be wide open, and in some >>lights, you will have to shut it down, just to have the correct exposure, >>so if you want to use your camera with the lens wide open with Chrome film >>I was told to go for the R7 or 8. Seemed a good excuse, but I did love the >>feel of the camera, and the thought that it was "mechanical" >> >>Cheers >> >>Alastair Firkin, >> >>http://users.netconnect.com.au/~firkin/AGFhmpg.html >> >> >> > >