Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Duane, I had an R7 for a few months, and I now have an SL and R8. In my view, the finders on the SL and R8 are superior to the R7. I cannot comment on the R6.2. My standard lens on the R8 is the 4/35-70mm and the viewfinder is plenty bright. Nathan "Birkey, Duane" wrote: > Would anyone care to comment on the relative brightness of these four > viewfinders, R6 vs R6.2 vs R7 vs. R8??.. I found from the Pop Photo tests > that the R-8 viewfinder loses 1.6 stops of light where the R-6 loses 2.5 > stops... So are the R-7 and R6.2 viewfinders the same as the R-6 or > brighter??? I've been looking but haven't found it anywhere.... Does > anybody here know for sure?.... and more important....does it matter in > practice when using a lens like the 80-200 f/4 ? One well respected member > of the LUG mentioned that she hasn't noticed any difference in brightness > between the R8 and R-6.2 - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/