Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, Why must you be right and I wrong! You see 100%, great but at a lower magnification. I see 94% at the proper magnification. Personally, I see nothing wrong with a larger and as you say clunky box. To each his own. Peter K. - -----Original Message----- From: Marc James Small [mailto:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 6:00 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Pros, Leicas, and losing market share. At 04:41 PM 11/16/1999 -0800, Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: >If you use a 135mm on an SLR you will see the image >as it will appear on the film, with an M you see only what appears in the >little frame. Much different. Hence, my premise is right! No, your premise remains totally wrong. First, a 135mm on any of my Leica M's or LTM's allows me to view the ENTIRE field including action which is beyond the range of the FOV. With ALMOST all (99.9%) of SLR's, you see 85% or 90% of a restricted -- but magnified - -- field. Big deal. Give me the RF. Second, for the all of it, with an SLR, you STILL have a large, clunky, noisy box which will knock you down with mirror slap, and which, for me, at any rate, remains a challenge to focus. With an M or LTM camera, you have a small, quiet, discrete camera which, unlike SLR's CAN be focused, and focused easily. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!