Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon Stevens wrote: >>To me the R8 is an unattractive tank - but one with a nice viewfinder.<< Hi Simon and others who've made similar comments about the "look-feel "of the R8. If I may be so rude as to ask, "do you folks buy a camera for the beauty of it or do you buy a camera for it's functionality?" Is it more important for the camera to look pretty or is it more important to have it's controls right at your finger tips, solid, feel like a dream in your hands 6 hours or longer and your hands just as comfortable as they were when you started to shoot? Considering the number of negative comments "ugly, big, tank, etc etc." I'm always amazed that I can't find these negativism's each time I pick mine up to shoot an assignment. Considering I've worked most models hard with work over the years, usually three bodies at a time with motors, I find the R8 the best of the breed for everything. Yep had a glitch or two since '96 with each rectified quickly by Leica Service. But on an overall basis since the Leicaflex appeared in the world I'd take R8's over all of them. But then some folks don't like Black & White, single malt scotch and sushi either. ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html