Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Strange, I have never needed even 1/1000 sec, but I live in England and shoot Kodachrome 64..... I can honestly say a flashgun has never been on any M I have used. I have SLRs for flash. Frank On 5 Oct, 2004, at 03:35, B. D. Colen wrote: > If the M 7 with the updated reduced flare rangefinder is the starting > point, the only things I could think of would be a higher top shutter > speed, higher flash sync speed, and a spot meter would be nice. But the > reality is that the M7 is pretty damn close to having everything. For > that matter, so does the M6 ttl. AE is nice, but at this point in the > demise of film, I can't see putting money in a new film camera just to > get AE. Were digital not taking over, and were we still solidly > anchored > in a film world, then the M7 would be a very serious temptation. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Adam Bridge > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 9:15 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] Range finder cameras - what's left to improve? > > > So we're talking about range finder cameras: the new (Zeiss) the old > (M3, Nikon S) and there's an assertion that with competition Leica > would > have improved the M. > > I think that's probably right -- but what, exactly, needs to be fixed > at > this point? (Besides the price which is on the other side of > outrageous.) > > Metering? > Range-finder? > Shutter? > Flash? > Weight? > Materials? > > I'm truly serious here. If you're given a clean sheet of paper what > features/improvements on current range-finder cameras are available? > > Issues like autofocus seem unrealistic. So what needs to be fixed? > Improved? > > Adam > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >