Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted: The viewfinder is the reason I bought my R8. I also wear glasses and found most SLRs were difficult to see with. The R8 has enough eye relief that I can easily see the entire screen as well as the meter readouts on the bottom with shifting my eye around. The size of the image is largely dependant on the focal length of the lens. I find wides much harder to use on the R8 and on an M. Conversly the long lenses are much easier to use. I have several different generations of Leica SLRs and the R8 is by far the easiest to see with. Ken Wilcox At 11:17 PM -0700 7/27/02, Ted Bayer wrote: >I currently have an M3 and like it very much. > >Today I decided I might also look into an SLR camera. Not having a >Leica dealer close by so I could look at an R8, which would be my >choice, I looked at some Nikon and Canon cameras -- and was totally >disappointed in the viewfinders. > >I am very nearsighted. These viewfinders could be corrected so I could >see through them clearly with my glasses on, but I found them very hard >to use -- hard to focus, and things look very small compared to the M3 >viewfinder. > >I am wondering if some of you could tell me if this might also be true >of the R8 - is it's viewfinder somewhat the same as the ones mentioned >above. If so, I think I would be disappointed in it as well. > >I would appreciate your comments. > >Thanks, > >Ted in Olalla > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- _____________________ Ken Wilcox klw.51 at comcast.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html