Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am here because I own and use a Leica camera. The one outstanding asset of Leica cameras is that they are the quietest interchangeable lens camera I know. All the rest is myth. It is myth to believe that modern SLRs have mirror "slap" that causes them to be less able to be used at slow shutter speeds. MY Canon EOS 3, Minolta 5, Minolta XG-M, Contax 137 MD, and the half dozen other SLRs I use DO NO EXHIBIT MIRROR "SLAP". In fact, the camera that I am able to hand-hold at the slowest speed is the hard-shooting Nikon FA with motor drive. I can squeeze out 1/4 second with that camera and have a good ratio of usable shots. It has everything to do with the weight and ergonomics of the camera, and nothing to do with mirror slap. I question the awe some have expressed at the technological wizardry of the M7's metering system--a metering system that is at best mid-range consumer in the SLR world. Allan Darrell Jennings wrote: > OK I'll ask...then why are you here? > > If you don't like Leicas, don't use one...if you do > like Leicas, then you already know the answer. That's > like cousin Elda Mae telling me she can get great > pictures with "one a'them thoaway camrs"...and you > know what, for her she is right. If you can't see the > difference any extra you spend is throwing away money. > > > I use a Leica because it is light, quiet, and has > great lenses...a reasonable compromise to hauling a > bunch of medium format stuff around. I gave up on 35mm > for over 25 years and ONLY came back to it because of > these three reasons. > > --- Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> wrote: >> The Leica myth. >> >> Anyone here could, for $240, buy a Minolta Maxxum 5 >> or Canon Rebel 2000 >> and have a more capable camera than the $2500 M7. >> Both run circles >> around the M7's antiquated exposure system. Gone too >> is the lame excuse, >> "I must have a fully mechanical camera for those >> times when I go brain >> dead and forget the batteries." >> >> The Leica myth is running out of excuses as the M >> series becomes a >> fairly modern camera. Soon the excuses will become >> so thin, "It's the >> only camera that has a red dot I can cover up", will >> be the answer of >> choice when asked why one paid $2000 more and got >> less. >> >> Allan >> >> >> Simon Lamb wrote: >>> What I don't quite understand is, if Ted, Tina and >> others find the AE of >>> such benefit to get many more perfectly exposed >> images, why didn't >>> they a >>> long time ago purchase one of the competitors >> (that accept M lenses) >>> that >>> have the M7 features and much more? >>> >>> This is a genuine questions and hopefully Ted, >> Tina or someone else >>> might >>> answer. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html