Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Well yes, but when did Leica start to build viewfinders into their > cameras--75 years ago or so? So why did they stop now? With the D- > Luxes the excuse was that it was hard to do a good viewfinder for a > zoom lens. OK. But this one has a fixed 35mm equivalent, so what's the > excuse now? And the second downer for me is the f2.8 aperture. Even > the Konica Hexar in the old days had a fixed f2 35mm (and it was > pretty good, I had one for several years). > > In a compact camera costing $500 one reasonably must accept this kind > of compromises. In one costing $2000 one should not have to. Of course > you can put an external finder in the hot shoe, but then the x1 is > certainly no longer pocketable, as extolled by Mark. > > Nathan Slower the better for me for the most part. A more compact flair free unobtrusive cheap with no compromise optic. I get great low light results with my 1.5 crop cameras. I can shoot a dark alley at midnight with a slow zoom. The only reason why I use my 1.4s is for isolation of depth of field. My first camrea was a Voigtl?nder Vito BL with a built in 50mm Color Scopar 2.8 lens. To me that was fast. To me that was normal. http://k43.pbase.com/o6/67/481567/1/87098035.ebvhmdgq.E17042270208.jpg Mark William Rabiner