Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/01
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Jeffery and Rei ,
I m not an old fart yet but I do love the simplicity of a Leica M to
though I will still use my Canon for macro and tele shots and I will
even sometimes enjoy using some of the programmes or change from matrix
to spot metering - as long as the plastic camera has a M somewere on
the dial between all the pictogrammes you can have a safe ride home.
It would be wonderfull if the finder on the Leica M had optics wich
canged to full frame viewing when you put on a 90 and It would be
wonderfull if the Leica M could go closer then 70 cm. - Ruben
Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>jeffery, i'm with you. my mind goes distinctly blank when i am handed
>someone's camera and am trying to figure out what the icon of a stick
>figure, a mountain, and a moon in the upper left means.
>
>then i squeeze the shutter, and nothing happens, and i push harder and
>still nothing happens and i turn the camera around to try to figure out
>what i am doing wrong, and then the shutter lag kicks out and the flash
>goes off right in my face. at least with digital i can delete it (if i can
>figure out how ("what does format card do?")).
>
>-rei
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>On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 12:26:53PM -0600, Jeffery Smith wrote:
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>>I guess I'm turning into an old fart, but what I like about Leica M
>>cameras (and other RFs) is their simplicity. They are like what I
>>learned on in the mid-1960's. I also like shooting with manual SLRs
>>because they don't have all of the "program" features. I guess I would
>>rather futz with framing and moving myself around the subject than futz
>>with choosing from a dizzying selection of electronic settings many of
>>which I don't fully understand.
>>
>>Jeffery Smith
>>New Orleans, LA
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