Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/05

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Subject: [Leica] Olympus E 410 in Alicante
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Thu Jul 5 05:57:43 2007
References: <165A6E54-67E8-4C64-BE9D-FD05F720BF0A@nathanfoto.com> <1EDBA5D1-A82E-449A-84E0-50DB4274C90C@btinternet.com> <614CD640-F963-4E33-BD37-44F8241FA918@nathanfoto.com>

thanks Nathan, it is a subjective view I wanted and since I have used  
all of the cameras you list except the Olympus 410 this is extremely  
useful.
Frank

On 5 Jul, 2007, at 11:18, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Hi Frank,
>
> It is not as good as the Canon but not as bad as I expected. I  
> tried shooting with the 100mm Leica macro yesterday, and had no  
> trouble focusing the lens. It has to be said that I have very good  
> eyesight (I do wear glasses, but the correction is perfect) and I  
> have always been able to cope with less than optimal viewfinders.  
> Of the cameras I have used in recent years, I would rank the  
> viewfinders as follows:
>
> 1. Leica M3
> 2. Leicaflex SL
> 3. Leica M6 (the 0.85 flavour)
> 4. Canon 1D2 / Leica R8 (tie)
> 5. Olympus 410 / Canon 20D (tie)
> 6. Leica CL
> 7. Leica IIIf
>
> But of course that is just my subjective opinion, not based on any  
> kind of measurement, just actual use.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan


In reply to: Message from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Olympus E 410 in Alicante)
Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] Olympus E 410 in Alicante)
Message from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Olympus E 410 in Alicante)