Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff Moore wrote: > > 2003-07-09-08:19:45 Mark Rabiner: > > Nikons are very Leicalike. (Especially the F3) > > But let us not forget -- Nikons' focus and aperture rings (they still > have aperture rings, don't they?) go backwards. That's enough: no > Nikons for me. That and the unpleasantly brittle-hard way I imagine > some of the lenses render. Canons (well, okay, no aperture rings > anymore), Contaxes... you twist them the right way to focus. So > they're at least contenders as cameras to own in addition. But never > Nikons, sorry. > > -- My first Nikon lens was the 45 2.8 GN, It focused the "other" way I found out later as it was the way i was used to. When i finally got other Nikon lenses they focused the wrong way. (the right way if you were a nikon guy) I must be ambidextrous it didn't bother me. I have an M6 Classic and an M6 TTL. No trouble with the different turning shutter speed dials. Don't know why. Stormy weather. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html