Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Robert Meier" <robertmeier at usjet.net> >Would there have have been further development in film cameras? What would >you improve on the M6TTL, M7, or MP? Or the R9? Or the Nikon F6? >What do you think? >Robert ====================================================================================================================================== I would have liked an M3 with built-in meter. I prefer that viewfinder, with high magnification, and frames for 50-90-135. I just don't shoot much with anything wider than a 50mm. I'm always amused by the popularity of wide angles as general purpose lenses. A 90 is almost my "normal", so I was pleased last week to be given an Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.4. When I use it on my 30D, it becomes an 80mm f/1.4. (For my Leicas, I have a rigid 9 cm Elmar LTM, a collapsible 90mm Elmar, a Nikkor 85mm f/2 LTM and an 85mm F/1.5 Lithagon LTM) I thought the best Nikon was the F2, except for the meter switch being the wind lever; then they went downhill with built-in motors and AF. The F3 was battery dependent and the later models were way too big. My very favorite SLR was the Olympus OM4T - perfect size, large, bright viewfinder with built-in diopter correction, and great metering system. 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/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt