RE: [Leica] b.d.'s planning something dangerous!

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Well, Rick, I suppose that if I was always taking photos of daisies and
landscapes, with my M6 on a tripod, and had the time and inclination to be
anal retentive and make sure that the center of my pupil was focused on a 90
deegreen line through the center of the vf, it wouldn't be a problem. But
when I'm moving around taking photos, and dealing with bright light
somewhere in the photo, it's a real pain in the butt to have to keep moving
my eye to get rid of the flare...No such problem with my Nikon F100 - or F -
No such problem with the Contax G 1 I owned, or with Leica M2s or M3s I
owned in the past. Face it - it's an anoying flaw in a wonderful camera.
Solms doesn't benefit, nor do Leica owners, from having people rationalize
the camera's flaws, rather than acknowledging them and calling for their
correction...

B. D.
A dedicated Leica afficianado and USER - NOT a Leicaholic!:-)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rick
> Dykstra
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 8:48 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] b.d.'s planning something dangerous!
>
>
> "B. D. Colen" wrote:
> >
> > I think the best test of
> > whether someone has become a full-blown Leicaholic, as opposed
> to just being
> > someone with a bit of a Leica "problem," is whether or not they tell
> > themselves and others that the rangefinder flare is a good
> thing, part of
> > the outstanding design.:-)
> >
> > B. D.
>
> Oh I'm full blown all right. :)  So many of my customers say nice things
> about Leica photos of their kids or themselves, it's easy to be happy
> with the gear.  Even if the gear does go 'tits up' sometimes.
>
> I just don't see why flare is such a problem to people.  If I'm looking
> through the hole properly, I get the proper view.  Same applies to all
> of my reflex cameras, my binoculars, my telescopes.....
>
> I don't hear anyone saying, 'My telescope gives me a shitty image if I
> don't look through it straight!  Piece of rubbish!'
>
> I'd be really keen to hear peoples' results from checking their 0.85
> viewfinders using the method I recently posted, under the 'Glasses and
> viewfinder ...' thread.  Go on, have a good careful look.  You might see
> how the different flare characteristics of my two bodies caught me out
> when I was still inexperienced with the new 0.85 model.  And why I don't
> have a problem with my 0.72 flaring when I'm looking through crooked.
>
> See ya
>
> Rick Dykstra
>