Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital Back - I like the first step!
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:26:48 -0400

ROFLOL!! Sooooooooooo true. And some of the very people praising the M7
and AE as the photo advance of the last 100 years are the same people
who told us what a load of crap it was when Konica introduced the RF,
and who told us that we didn't need any of that newfangled JapoStarWars
nonsense. :-)

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Martin
Howard
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:53 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Back - I like the first step!


Douglas Herr wrote:

> Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> What I find bizarre is that Leica as a company choose to pursue an 
>> overpriced, outdated technology, for a minimal market, without 
>> actually offering any benefit over competitors of any kind -- except,

>> of course, a red roundel.
>
> How about a decent viewfinder?  Manual focus is a lot easier with a
> viewfinder optimized for it, and AF fails often enough that I consider

> good manual focus a big deal.

I swear, if Leica ever produces an AF camera, within the first three 
weeks of it being available, we'll be reading messages like:

"This is sooo good, the autofocus is so much faster than I can focus 
manually."

"I love the focus verification for my failing eyesight."

"The autofocus is great, and if you want manual, you can always turn it 
off."

Remember how the M was a manual-exposure camera and no-one in their 
right mind would ever want auto-exposure?  Remember the crap thrown in 
Contax's and Konica's direction?  Now the M7 is the best thing since 
sliced, white bread.  Oddly enough, the MP is also the best thing since 
sliced, white bread.

M.

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