Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find it really sort of amusing, George, that when it comes to politics you are, by the proverbial country mile, the most tolerant gentleman on the list, but when someone expresses contrary opinions about "your" camera, that person is "ranting." :-) As to the F100 - no, it's a motordriven AF SLR, and none of them have a traditional film advance lever - more's the pitty. As to KISS, nothing is more KISS than putting an AF SLR on apperature priority and firing away. ;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of George Lottermoser Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:08 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: R9 scoop B. D. Colenbdcolen@earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)8/21/027:24 PM >A ratched film advance, which the M has, does not force you to take the >advance lever all the way through it's swing in a single arc, but allows >you >to, in effect, turn any camera in to an M3DS...there are many times when >it >is helpful to be able to advance the film with a couple of half strokes, >rather than a full one... The Nikon F100 has no film advance lever at all. How can you live without it? ;-) And many times I'd rather advance the film with a lever than the winder or motor, ratcheted or not. And for what ever it's worth - the R8 gearing provides a very short, smooth stroke. Something seems strange about ranting about the feature set or lack thereof for any particular imaging system over another. Bottom line - each of us finds a comfort level with our equipment - whether ancient technology or state of the art circuit boards. Personally I enjoy working with Leica M and R because of their minimal feature set. I've always enjoyed the KISS concept. George - -- 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