Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, No camera works as smoothly, delightfuly and sensuously as a Leica. No lens system in the world is physically as perfectly well designed, manufactured and assembled. Sorry for the fetichist side of this, but no other system is as enticing to use. It makes anyone WANT to take pictures, because it is a joy to operate, R or M. Most of the other systems lack that undefined charm, except a few well known classics (no AF among them), and I never touched an AF system that did have the 'soul' of a Leica. The ones I've used are efficient picture taking factories. They are no fun. Then, on top of that, knowing that he/she uses the 35mm system scoring the very best imaging benchmarks, turns the lucky Leica user into a very happy super(wo)man ! Using an AF gizmo in MF mode is a sensorial punishment ! Alan On vendredi 7 mai 1999 16:48, Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) [SMTP:peterk@lucent.com] wrote: > With all due respect to Jim, couldn't that be said about any camera? > AF is only a tool, or option, I can still set a AF camera to MF. > Yes it may not be as easy to manually focus as a MF camera, but there are > other cameras > on the market with straight forward controls that offer MF and/or AF! > Remember, Leica did not invent ergonomics.