Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> > > > >I can only speak for myself, but I did indeed buy one of the "pretenders to > >the throne" - the Hexar RF, which is the camera I think you're referring > >to. I still think the feature set offered by that camera is very > >attractive, but IMNSHO that attractiveness was undercut by the > >implementation of the package as a whole. As they say, the devil is in the > >details, and for my tastes the RF missed on a number of important details. > >The finder is too dark, the shutter button feels numb, and the shutter lag > >is very annoying. I don't like the motor-only film advance with no option > >for a silent advance when you need it. I also had a number of misloads, > >which are vanishingly rare when I use an M. or 15 years prior, the minolta cle, my personal first M mount. - -rei - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html