Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Can you please tell me how the viewfinder brightnesses compare between your R8 and your SL? I have an R8 and have recently acquired a used 400mm Telyt-R . I wonder if the SL viewfinder is more or less bright than the R8. I could get a plain ground glass screen for the R8 and 400 combo, but I hate the idea of repeatedly switching view screens. Thanks.......Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: <BenTroGa@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] SLR choice Dan - I have taken about 100,000 photos thru the lens of my SL-Mot since 1973 and have never been let down by this workhorse. Those early manual R's were (and are) serious workhorses. From the jungles of Guatemala to the Jungles of the NFL, abuse is absorbed with seeming glee by that camera. I do have an R8, and there is a certain joy in listening to the automatic exposre measure and grasp a 18 or 20 second exposure of a darkened scene. I was amazed by the ability of this camera to handle jobs such as that. Each has its place, and I love 'em both. (My M's have their place, too). Bennett