Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/05

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Subject: [Leica] The Fuji XPRO-1
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:20:18 -0500
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On Jan 05, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Colin Baker wrote:
>> (snip) 

>> It's wonderful that you like the auto focus on your cameras of choice 
>> Richard.
>> 
>> Yet that does not equate to the RF view/manual focus experience
>> (or the use of manual focus lenses on these auto focus or EVF cameras).
>> 
> 
> I think as long as you don't believe that a rangefinder *must* be manual 
> focus (and the Contax G takes this into somewhat of a gray area), the 
> process is very similar.  Using manual focus lenses on these bodies, 
> however, is a completely different story.  My NEX (with adapted M lenses) 
> feels more like a TLR than anything else.

Good comparison.  

Regards, 

Dick



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