Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] Photokina _ The lens on Tom's RD1
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard F. Man)
Date: Mon Oct 4 11:44:27 2004
References: <41618ADE.7060108@planet.nl> <00a501c4aa39$c33f9b80$6401a8c0@ccapr.com>
 
Also in theory it cuts down on the battery consumption.

At 10:44 AM 10/4/2004, B. D. Colen wrote:

>I haven't yet handled an RD1, Nathan, but I find the objection to the
>shutter advance interesting. Because I would think that requiring this
>pause, if you will, brings the digital shooting experience that much
>closer to the film RF experience - and that can only be positive, no?
>Doesn't it force you to think a bit more about each frame, just as
>shooting film with an M - v. shooting film with a motor driven SLR -
>forces you to do?
>Granted, it's "fake" in a way, but it strikes me in theory as one of the
>rare times when "fake" may be good.
>\

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In reply to: Message from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Photokina _ The lens on Tom's RD1)
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