Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A couple of thoughts on a digital M
From: Nathan Wajsman <n.wajsman@chello.nl>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 22:01:25 +0100
References: <20040208195236.6974.qmail@web10506.mail.yahoo.com> <F13251C1-5A75-11D8-A370-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

John,

You stated my thoughts on this much more eloquently than I could. Since
I started using Leica Ms in 1998, every other viewfinder I have ever
looked through has seemed vastly inferior.

Nathan

John Collier wrote:
> 
> If they make one I WILL buy one!
> 
> I do not care much about Leica per-ca. I love the viewfinder: that
> wonderful window on my world. Only Leica makes one in a package I like.
> My complaint with current digital cameras is not the capture nor the
> controls, it is the viewfinder! Horrible, squinty, blurry, nasty things
> not even remotely as clear as an M finder.
> 
> So use the LCD display, I am told. No way! I switched to M cameras
> because there is nothing between me and the world. I do not want to
> look at a camera, I want to look at the world! If I didn't mind
> something in the way I would still have an SLR. Heck, often I just lift
> up the camera and shoot. I have already set the focus and exposure and
> I just click the shutter when it is time. I want nothing else to get in
> my way.
> 
> John Collier
> 
> On Feb 8, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Patrick Jelliffe wrote:
> 
> > You're such an optimist, John.  Can't we all dream a
> > little?
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> >
> > --- John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >> Deciding to do something is not the same as a thing
> >> being done.
> >>
> >> Both Canon and Nikon, with considerably more
> >> resources at their
> >> disposal, are redesigning their wide angle lenses to
> >> suit current
> >> digital sensors.
> >>
> >> A smaller sensor with its inherent magnification
> >> factor is very easily
> >> incorporated into a body with an M finder. You just
> >> adjust the
> >> framelines to suit.
> 
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In reply to: Message from Patrick Jelliffe <pbjbike@yahoo.com> (Re: [Leica] A couple of thoughts on a digital M)
Message from John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] A couple of thoughts on a digital M)