[Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use

[jon.streeter at cox.net (jon.streeter)]

I can see and focus -- under certain conditions -- with my X-100 in light 
too dim to see with my M3 or M6, and this is without using the focus-assist 
light.  At other times the Leicas are easier to focus.  Murphy's law:  
whatever camera you're using, a different camera would have provided an 
advantage in certain situations.  

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From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use
Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2012 7:23 am


I bought my M8 new.  It went back twice for focus adjustment... absolutely
nothing was sharply in focus.  Never mind that the thing dripped oil on my
sensor and ruined a lot of images from the trip I bought it for.  At the
end, it was a good camera.

My M9 was bought used, and it needed a vertical RF adjustment.

Back to Doug's request to make em better.....  At $7K, they at least ought
to make them useable to spec out of the box.  Bad QC, bad QA.

As for lenses, and focus calibration ( collimation), if we had the ability
to adjust focus ourselves, as N and C do with AF, lens issues would go away
as well....

I am still in favor of an R10, with AF.  Or a M11 with EVF built in, not
added on.  With the ability to tweak the focus by the user.

I would never have gone away from SLR's and towards RF cameras... if it were
not for the weight and size issue.  M's are just smaller and maybe lighter.

SLRs are just a better viewing experience.  And if you add in the EVF, the
low light focusing ability advantages of a RF camera just go away.

Put me first on the list for an EVF built in M. 

Frank Filippone
Red735i at verizon.net



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