Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leopold, the interim editor of AP a short while back was a Leica user, too bad he didn't stay on... I suspect a lot of it is preconcieved notions by the writers or editors. I work in the media, I think it's fair to acknowledge that! Jem > -----Original Message----- > From: Leopold Green [SMTP:ldg@dmu.ac.uk] > hi, > > Amateur Photographer [a UK magazine] did a group test of 'top end manual > cameras' in the current issue: R8, RTSIII and OM3TI and despite finding > that > the first Contax model failed, and the second one didn't handle > 'difficult' > lighting very well, and that the OM's shadow spot meter resulted in a > completely underexposed slide, where as the R8 handled all exposures > perfectly - guess what, first place the Olympus, second the Contax and > third > the R8! > > I don't know why it > irritates so much, maybe because there aren't any decent magazines > published > here in the UK. > > Leopold