Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like you need a R8/9 DMR package. Very simple to operate and use, and the menu is simplicity itself. Yes, it is large and heavy like a D3 series Nikon or 1Dx Canon, but far simpler to use. Cheers, Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 8:49:07 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon 1D X -- the real marker to the end of the mega-pixel wars? Too much complexity, and this thing probably weighs as much as three M9's. I want cameras that are simple and basic and small. >From what I can tell, an M8 or M9 is simpler than the irritating DSLR's I >have to use at work. I'm always fighting with menus and the ever changing >ergonomics. I use three different models - a 5D Mk II, ID Mk II, and my >30D, and each one has slightly different control layouts, so I keep making >mistakes when I have to hurry. The 30D is my favorite, since it is the >smallest and has the fewest features, but I I would like a digital OM4 >(manual focus with a huge bright screen, minimal controls, and small >lenses) even better (or of course an M9). Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information