Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This sure can be a tough group. What ever happened to being open to a free marketplace of ideas? DAVID ENZEL Chevy Chase, Maryland - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Brick Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 8:35 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: My last word on RF After all, the charter of this list is "Leica." And if you don't find Leica very much fun, perhaps you should find a list that is NOT a Leica list. And, after all, pining eloquently about the virtues of the Hexar on a Leica list is like raving about Fuji film on a Kodak list. Or about Toyotas on a BMW list. So, on the "match-needle metering and out of curiosity, which M camera were you speaking about? Jim ps... an M camera with a RapidWinder is very stealthy, very fast, and very left eye friendly. Just ask Ted, who only has a left eye, and has produced one of the greatest B&W Leica coffee table books available today, and shoots his M camera professionally, day in, day out, and is at this moment, giving his famous Cape Cod Leica Workshop on left eyed M'manship. At 06:34 PM 9/12/00 -0400, Dante Stella wrote: > >I didn't find the M-body experience too fun. Underbody loading and >match-needle metering don't really do it for me. They take away from the >fun of taking pictures. > >The Hexar attracts nothing but attacks. They all center around "quality" >and "precision" and whatnot. I think the attacks are partly the proximity >of the RF to Leica's signature body line, and partly due to resentment at >Leica for not coming out with it first. When it comes down to it, as long >as full manual control is available, there is no rational argument to be >made that the availability of automation is a menace or a burden or >whatnot. There is not much argument to be made that having a higher top >shutter speed is irrelevant or an impediment, or that it is never >necessary to synch at 1/125 of a second. Many of these criticisms are >best addressed as sour grapes. > >Dante