Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 9/17/04 4:53 PM, Douglas M. Sharp at DouglasMSharp@netscape.net wrote: > But Doug, > As we all know you love and cherish your SL (SL2?) viewfinders. Has > Leica managed to even equal > the clarity and brightness of these ? My experience with the R8, admittedly limited, suggests that Leica has done a damned fine job with the viewfinder. IMHO it's nearly as good as the SL viewfinder. None of the AF SLR viewfinders I've seen has come close. If I didn't mind centered compositions I could let the AF do its thing and use a fast enough ISO that I can stop down a bit to make up for a slight misfocus. Instead I want to focus the image *as composed* so that I can make the exposure before the critter turns it head or winks. The focus-recompose-shoot work-around doesn't work for me. Many wildlife photographers use manual focus to fine-tune the focus for what is considered the most difficult photos, birds in flight. It seems they want the focus to be on the eye, not on the near wingtip. I want to use a viewfinder that lets me do this, even with eyes that are over 50 years old. The SL and the R8 let me do this. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com