Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/10

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Subject: RE: another R? (was: RE: [Leica] Re: Leicaholic)
From: BOB KRAMER <BobKramer@COOPERCARRY.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 15:07:34 -0500

Thanks for you thoughts, Doug.  Being over 40 myself, the ease of focus
thing might be an issue.  Paricularly after being spoiled by the SL.  It is
most definitely, as Ms. Krauter puts it, the M3 of Leica SLR's. :-)

BK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Herr [mailto:merlin@flyingemu.com]
> Subject: another R? (was: RE: [Leica] Re: Leicaholic)
> 
> 
> The R4sP is a competent, reliable camera but it doesn't have 
> the Leica "feel" of your existing cameras.  It's also not as 
> easy to focus if your eyes have passed their 40th birthday.  
> I bought the SL2 for its low-light metering and ability to 
> use several lenses that the SL cannot use but the SL2 has a 
> design flaw that makes the 1/2000 sec  shutter speed 
> unreliable.  Aside from this I like the SL2.