Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The preview lever is a powerful sales tool disguised as a handy feature! If Leica ever produces an M6 MULTI-MAG, be very afraid for your cash flow ;-) The Leica M of the future will cost only $500, but at random it'll flash the framelines corresponding to your "missing" lenses just to remind you that your life is not yet complete--isn't that the real reason they've been experimenting with ROMs in the R lenses? Jeff Segawa no archive Peterson Arthur G NSSC wrote: > > At 01:31 PM 6/30/00 -0700, Dave Rodgers asked: > > >My M3 lacks a preview lever. <snip> That leads me to another > >point. I can't remember ever using the preview lever on my M6. It makes me > >wonder how important PV really is. Anyone out there find PV essential. > > Yes, Dave, I use it frequently. I find it to be one of the advantages of a > Leica M over an SLR. For example, lets say I have a 50mm lens on the > camera. If I wanted to photograph something wide, I might not be sure > whether to use a 35mm lens or a 28mm. [snip]