Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't use an external finder with the 28, and I can do fine with the bottom loader, and I don't use flash with my Ms...But our idiosyncrasies are not good marketing tools... ;-) Hey, folks, step right up and buy this camera that has a quirky loading design that hasn't been updated since the 1920s, a top shutter speed that was considered fast in 1955, and flash sync that was really hot in the days when our granddads' used flash bulbs! Oh, yah, they're going to rush right up for that one...:-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve Unsworth Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 7:10 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon Well, I don't use flash, I've always found 1/1000 fast enough, I prefer a bottom loader (strange but true!) and I like to use a 28mm lens without resorting to an external viewfinder. Other than that I agree totally with you that the Zeiss _may_ be a better camera ;-) Steve -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: 02 October 2004 22:51 To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon One thing to keep in mind about the Zeiss, guys - assuming that it's a really well built, solid body: If you can buy a new Zeiss with a good warranty for what you can buy a used M6 for, why would you be buying an M6 with a slower flash sync, slower top shutter speed, bottom loading, and lower viewfinder magnification - other than to buy a red dot. And all of that is assuming that the Zeiss is a high quality body. I'd suggest that we may not only be at the end of the age of film, but if this camera is as good as promised, we may also be at the end of the age in which one automatically goes for the Leica M assuming it to be superior to everything else. But who knows, it may turn out that it is still superior. :-) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information