Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Jeff, Could you tell us more about your experience with the new HeXAR? How silent or noisy compared with the Leica M? Is the film winding a big plus? And what do you think of the viewfinder? Pierre Jeff Spirer a *crit : > At 12:16 PM 3/23/00 +0100, Michel LE wrote: > > >I'am just curious, how come that when someone talks about a automatic M6, > >the argument againts that move is that a "fully automatic" camera > >cannot.... ? Frankly, a camera with apeture priority automatism is not a > >fully automatic camera. The photog is always in control and decide how to > >take a picture... > > > >What creativity, control would you loose with an Hexar RF??? None, just set > >your exposure in manual mode. > > Many people set manual exposure cameras to exactly what the meter says. I > wouldn't call that being particularly creative and controlling. > > I have a Hexar RF. I use it in AE all the time. I change the exposure > with the compensation dial close to 50% of the time. I find it a lot > easier to think in terms of EV from a reading, and one gets the benefit of > stepless speeds which give more exact control than any manual camera. > > I'm not saying it's better, but shooting with both manual and auto-exposure > cameras, I don't see any difference in the photographs. I would offer the > challenge of going through the photographs on my web site and figuring out > which were done with a manual camera and which were done with an automatic > camera. > > Jeff Spirer > Photos: http://www.spirer.com > One People: http://www.onepeople.com/