Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pablo mon ami, They are expensive no question and obviously the M8 the most of the breed. But for me they are nothing more than tools of the trade and as I see them they are the best for the job. I've never expected them, the M nor the SLR's, to be absolutely 100% perfect no matter the cost. WHY? Well I haven't ever come across a "perfect photographer either!" :-) So why expect more from a human manufactured camera. I see the M view finder guide lines no matter how close they are as stated by the manufacturer. As nothing more than a kind of close proximity to what we can expect to be on the film. But never absolutely perfectly exact. Sure there have been times I've used the 15mm on the M and never looked through the camera view finder to focus just winging it knowing the depth at 8-11-16 is so deep it really doesn't matter because everything from the tip of your nose is going to be sharp. However the wider the aperture and the closeness to subject I will focus if I'm real tight on the subject. By the same token when you are shooting a considerable amount with the super wides you can just look through the camera view finder and be very very close to what the lens is covering without looking through the external view finder. The more you use the lens the more you become accustomed to what it's covering. And as far as Tina with the beast viwfinder on top of the camera I bet she shoots more without it than with it! :-) ted > Ted, > > it is not only what that kind of people expect from a camera but > what one > could expect from such an expensive camera. > I agree in that of if precise framing is what one is about then > get a SLR > though. > The point, however, that made me curious is that of Tina showing > up saying > she hates finders after seeing her with such a beast on top of > her M8. It > didn't make sense to me. > Now Tina answered so I can understand. > And photographers should rather use what they can afford first > and what they > just like/desire and go along better with then. > There's no rules in that, you know. > Though some times it is not that bad to be able to "preview" the > pictureyou're taking, isn't it ? The better the accuracy finder > the better you can > preview, I'd like to add. > > Pablo > > > > tedgrant@shaw.ca wrote: > > > Hi Tina, > > Well you know people like that think too much and expect to > much from a > > rangefinder camera. The M whatever model or guidelines are > nothing more than a > > guideline, not the holy script of being right on the mark. > > If a photographer requires exact coverage or close, they > should use some kind > > of SLR! > > ted > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >