Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/17

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Subject: [Leica] Focusing screens
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Wed Dec 17 12:41:54 2008
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Are you describing the R9.2 Diesel?
if so
fully agreed Alan

provided it is AF when you want it
phx


Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:

>On Wed, 17 Dec 2008  "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com>wrote:
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Focusing screens
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>>The only DSLR that had a real viewfinder was the Contax N1. It was way
>>ahead of its time. The viewfinder rivaled the SL. Sadly the sensor was
>>already outdated when it hit the market. 
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>>DaveR 
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>I never even liked the AF in the film EOS cameras much.  For digital SLR 
>use, I kind of wish there 
>was a Nikon "F2D" or "F3D" with a sensor in place of the film, and 
>everything else the same, even 
>manual shutter cocking, just to get the clear and bright viewfinder.  In a 
>lot of the work I do, AF is 
>more of a pain than a help.
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>Alan
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>Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
>UPAA POY 1978
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>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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