Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram: The advantages of the R7 are, as you say, the half stops and wider range of shutter speeds. The R7 also has a more robust film transport mechanism, a more sensitive meter, a better viewfinder display and more advanced flash circuitry (it calculates daylight fill flash in Program and maybe other modes). Whether these advantages are worth the extra price is up to you. And the R8 is even better. Jay Coleman - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Aram Langhans Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 9:38 AM To: leica users group Subject: [Leica] R5-R7 decision Maybe I could get some help with my decision. I use an R4 right now and would like to upgrade a bit. My main motive is that my eye sight is getting to the stage at age 51 that I will need some viewfinder diopter help. I was all set on an R5 from a fellow LUGite, but then a friend brought over his "new" R7. A bit larger, but not much. I have to admit I was always put off by the R5's lack of 1 second manual shutter selection. I take quite a few 1 second shots as I like to shoot waterfalls, streams and do a fair amount of macro work where 1 sec gives me that one extra stop DOF. I know that this speed is available in aperature priority mode, but I have never trusted auto modes. Having shot with an all manual Rollei SL35 for close to 30 years before getting my R4 last year, I haven't made the physological switch. Often I must use less or more exposure than the meter tells me and in manual mode this is easy. The R7 has this 1 second and more. It has 1/2 shutter speeds. I tend to think that f-stop is more important than shutter in my style of shooting, and often have to open or close a 1/2 stop to be able to use the full shutter steps. Maybe this 1/2 stop thing is carrying things too far. Can anyone give me any perspective in this deilema? Should I get an R5 or spend twice the money on an R7? Has anyone seen real practical beneifts to the R7? Is the meter more accurate? Benefits of 1/2 shutter speed selection? Any other real improvements on the R7? Actually looking at used prices it is only a few hundred bucks more for an R8. R7's are going for $8-900 and R8's are around $1100. I could get another lens for the difference in price if I bought the R5. Decisions, decisions. Aram This message is made of 100% recycled electrons. No new atoms were destroyed in making it. Aram Langhans Science Teacher, Naches High School P. O. Box 159/101 W. 5th. St. Naches, WA 98937 "Science Rules" - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html