Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/16

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Subject: [Leica] Tell the TRUTH!!!
From: topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)
Date: Sat Aug 16 11:33:56 2008
References: <C4CC940E.257EE%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark,

That says it all!

Mind you, I have a horrible feeling that the new 'R', whatever it will  
be, will have AF. Leica in the UK have completely sold out of R  
lenses. There are none. What does this tell us. The current R glass  
will be phased out.

I'm really happy with the DMR. I know its limitations (particularly  
the lack of high ISOs), but I can live with that. After all it's no  
different to what we all had to use when we majored on film.

Charlie

On 16 Aug 2008, at 19:26, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Charlie I've been a photographer since the mid 70's;
> And I can tell you that in any photography I've done or am aware of  
> AF has
> never been a defining feature. Much of my gear has ALWAYS been  
> manual focus
> and will remain so. Half the time with the stuff I've been using  
> over the
> past years, Nikon digital, I'm using lenses in Manual focus mode.
> I bet I'm not the only one.
> Often when I turn off the AF it comes as a relief and I can work  
> more freely
> and quickly not haveing to reposition every shot or constantly  
> manipulate
> where the focusing is going to be. In manual mode it all happens in  
> a flash
> I'm focused on just what I want to be focused on and framed as well.
>
>
> mark@rabinergroup.com
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: Charlie Chan <topoxforddoc@btinternet.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:33:18 +0100
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Tell the TRUTH!!!
>>
>> I'm just gonna wait. I've recently bought a second DMR so that I can
>> continue using my 180 cron and 280/4 APO. I like manual focus and the
>> image quality from my DMR seems pretty good to me. Fortunately I  
>> don't
>> have to make a living from my photography, so the DMR suits me fine
>> just now. If the R10/SL10 materialises and uses my rRlenses without
>> some clumsy adapter, then fine I'll rethink then.
>>
>> As for the M, I still use film Ms (M2 and M6TTL). I quite like the  
>> mix
>> of film and digital.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> On 16 Aug 2008, at 01:49, Philip Forrest wrote:
>>
>>> I'm selling photo stuff to pay for rent. Trading stuff (bike and
>>> computer parts) to prepare for the 2009 Eastern Collegiate Cycling
>>> Conference racing season.
>>> Need to get rid of more...
>>> PhilFo
>>>
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