Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 6/11/00 2:09 pm, Duane Berkley at leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote: > 1) What is the difference between the shutter release pressure to fire the > two cameras? The R8 has by far the softer and more sensitive shutter release. > 2) And can you handhold one better at slower speeds over the other? I've been very surprised how easy it is to shoot regularly with an R8 at speeds like 1/24th with very acceptable results with a 35mm lens. I have taken pictures with an R4 in extremis at 1/15th with a 60mm lens but the results are never consistent. I'd say the R8 was the easier to hand hold. > 3) Is there much difference between the brightness of the screens in these > two and (or the R-7) and are the accessory plain glass screens brighter and > easier to focus than the standard ones... > I plan to use it mostly with the 80-200 f/4 and 60 macro. I use a 60 macro, a 35-70 f4 and a 180mm f4 and have found the R8 easier to focus than my R4 even though the R4 has been fitted with an 1 stop brighter screen a la R6. > > 4) How does the manual metering display work in them..... a + - system..... > similar to the M-6 or a system akin to EOS and Nikon AF cameras with several > lines marking the amount of variation from plus or minus 2 or 3 stops etc. The R8 has a half stop LED +- system along the bottom of the viewfinder. This is the only information area in the R8 viewfinder. The R6 shows the fstop optically through a window in the front of the camera along with the chosen shutter speed below the image > 5) I'm most attracted to the R6.2 for size, weight, reliability and > simplicity while still having TTL flash as well. But.... I see some > things about the R-8 that are nice too.. The easy mirror lock up; multi-pattern metering; blind I or blind II flash synch at 1/250th; real film lock for double exposures; high shutter speeds; large rewind crank; top release for film rewind and studio flash metering mark the R8 out in my opinion. - -- David Prakel dprakel@rochester.rr.com