Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: It's my contention that AF's popularity is a direct result of manufacturers, by building cameras with merely adequate viewfinders, inadvertantly conditioning their customers to believe that manual focus is nessesarily difficult. How many M users are willing to give up a high-quality viewfinder for the sake of a focus confirmation light? ............................................................................................................................................ Not me. I don't use any AF cameras for my own photography. My work pictures have not seemed as sharp since our lab changed to EOS AF cameras - first for film, and now with digital - as they had been with Nikon F's, F2's, and F3's, and their fast prime lenses + snappy viewfinders. If they suited the assignment, I also used to be able to employ my M's on the job. Can't do that any more, now that we're shooting digital. It's always been hard to get funds for upgrades on gear, and the state is not likely to add an incompatible system to our equipment just because I like rangefinders. B^( Alan [I think I have at least 13 RF's, in 35mm, 2-1/4. and 4x5] Alan Magayne-Roshak Senior Photographer Photo Services Univ. of Wis.-Milwaukee Information & Media Technologies amr3@uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/