Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Philippe, I was 38 when I got my first M6. I did leave the fold when I wanted to go digital in 2004 and there was no suitable Leica offering--if the M8 had been available then, with good reliability and at a reasonable price, I would have bought one, regardless of whether it had AE or not. Cheers, Nathan On 11-nov-2007, at 19:52, Philippe Amard wrote: > Hi Doug, > I meant - no harm intended - who under 40 and willing to travel > would buy a camera NEW, without AE as one of its features.. > As for easy ISO manual setting, I couldn't agree more, but only for > myself who hates remote-controls, cellular phone, automatic gear > shift in cars, etc. > > Yours > Phil...x > > Douglas Herr wrote: > >> phamard@numericable.fr wrote: >> >> >>> Who would do completely without AE nowadays? So who would buy a >>> fully and exclusively manual camera today? The same might apply >>> to auto-ISO in the very near future. >>> >> >> I'd be fine without AE. I use the R8 in manual mode most of the >> time. What I'd like to see more than auto-ISO is an ISO control >> similar to the SS dial or aperture ring that I can change as >> easily as a shutter speed instead of going through a menu system. >> >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog