Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 14, 2012, at 11:12 AM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > That is one of the reasons i prefer using the R8DMR to my newer D700, or > my F3HP (which has not been used, except to exercise the shutter every > once in a while), in over 8 years. > > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:04:52 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Leica] WTB: Nikon AR-1 soft release > > F's are better in memory than in person. Last night I was comparing the > view through my F2a and F3 with 50/1.4 lenses on them to the view through > my R8 with a 50/2 lens on it. The R8 was considerably brighter, in spite > of the slower lens, and MUCH clearer, cleaner, and sharper. I think I'm > going to sell my Nikons. I wanted to shoot the 12.5 Photar on the full frame 5D but with the extreme bellows factor I literally can hardly see through the view finder even at f:1.9 The R8 is clear even fully stopped down. It's really depressing that N and C have such poor finders. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist