Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Call me a nostalgic fool, but I kind of like the idea of a advance lever to cock the shutter. Makes you slow down a little and think and choose your shots wisely, because you know you cantt fire a 5 frame burst and have to make the one you got count. ;-) feli On Mar 4, 2005, at 10:12 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > The RD1 is not even close to a digital M. I played with one at > Photokina, courtesy Tom Abrahamsson, and while it had some novelty > value, I could never see myself spending $3K on it. There are just too > many issues around it: the vignetting problem noted by some, the short > rangefinder base that makes focusing at f1.4 a hit-or-miss > proposition, the strange requirement to "advance" the "film" after > each shot, etc. I would very much like to see a quality digital > rangefinder on par with my M6, but the Epson is not it. > > Nathan ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com