Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK yous guys!... An M is not going to take better pictures than an R? Why not? In a lot of cases this is just a given; that it will. A Leica M rangefinder camera focuses more accurately than an SLR up to around a 135 lens depending on your viewing magnification: 72, 58, 85. And whether you are using the new magnifier thingy or not http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/msystem/m6ttl/zubehoer/lupe/index_e.html Assuming the thing you are photographing looks better IN focus than not so much in focus... than you'll get better shots with the M than the R. Am i being too much of a realist? I think the glass is more modern and better in this point in Leica's history with the M then the R. The R has come catching up to do. IN some instances the glass is equal. But as was just stated; the M will have an advantage over R in wide angle lens design. By the way there is somthing in the air about internal focusing not being what it is CRACKED UP to be. But that's another thread. In those instances when better glass makes for a better picture; and i think few instances don't. Then the M will be you choice because it has far better glass then the R or any 35mm camera system BAR NONE. That fact is mainly why i am a Leica shooter and a LHSA joiner and sitting here being a LUG involver. AS the M is a rangefinder system there is no mirror bounce or blackout. IN those instances where lack of noise or vibration makes for better pictures… you will GET better pictures. Look through your contact sheets or slide pages or trays and figure out which shots those are not. Also those instances when no mirror blackout keeps you in better touch with your subject... you are not shooting like crazy because you don't know weather the BLINKED OR NOT! By the way i just got my Viso going this week and I'm enamored with it. My Viso can easily deal with my minimal (not sports) and less intensive long tele needs better than any SLR separate system. As i understand it the optics on a quality per money basis is the best. http://www.collectcamera.com/htmleicamain/visolens.htm But on a coolness level indisputably rules. Mark Rabiner although the APO-TELYT-R Modul-System system for the R is pretty darn cool. http://www.wallstreetcamera.com/leica/leica/slr/rlenses/rlens.html Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html