Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Pros, Leicas, and losing market share.
From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:39:43 -0800

Tina,

Yes and no.  You are right, you'll lose the image for a split second, and
yes that can be a problem for some.  But with an SLR you are looking through
the lens and see the image you are actually recording instead of relying on
frame lines.  This makes for a much more accurate viewing of the image or
WYSIWYG as I said earlier, minus mirro flip of course.  
Bear in mind that there is also an EOS-1N RS which has a pellicle
(transparent) mirror that does not flip.  So you can have an SLR that allows
you to see the image 100% of the time like a rangefinder plus you'll
actually see the image AT the magnification.  
Sometimes technology can give you the best of all worlds.

Peter K

- -----Original Message-----
From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@InfoAve.Net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 3:04 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Pros, Leicas, and losing market share.


At 02:35 PM 11/16/99 -0800, you wrote:
>   WHY!  Because with an SLR, what you see is what
>you get.  No compromise.
>
>Peter K


Peter -

Not true!  What you get is what you don't see while the mirror flips 
up!  The Leica M's show you exactly what you get if you know your lenses 
and frame-lines.

Leically,

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP
http://www.tinamanley.com