Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, all. I sort of assimilated the whole thing from Nikon F to F4. It's strange, in a way, that, to me, the F5 simply doesn't register as "hot stuff" though it has the absolute most "bells and whistles" and remains strong competition, technically. Among other things, i find it real ugly and cumbersome . There is a more "elegant" solution in the LEICA R8 : to me, it has what's really important to turn out good SLR photography and has reached a level of sophistication that is expressed in advanced ergonomics and ease-of-use. It has reached "simplicity". I'm NOT a LEICA "fanatic": i idealize the stuff, true. It's just that the people who turned it out have an idea of a really desireable 35mm SLR camera that is closer to my personal notion of such than current japanese models i know of. A F90 / F100 simply is the exact contrary of what i look for. People may tell me to check out the F3 but my instinct paves a way right to the LEICA R8. When i say i've waited 35 years, please believe me ! Life is not always easy but i'll realize this LEICA dream or my name is not Andre Quintal ! AJQ At 23:22 -0600 29/11/98, Eric Welch wrote: >>Whereas the ' F 4 ' name EVOKES 35 years >> of P.R. and advertising and PHOTOGRAPHY . . . > >More like 12 years. >-- > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO