Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:28 AM 7/9/97 -0700, you wrote: >> THE NOISE !!!, listen to the shutter noise of the R6.2 (or R6)and >> then to the R8 !! (with a film in the camera). > >I have, and I didn't hear all that much difference, but then again, >I don't think *any* SLR is going to win a noise abatement contest. >If 1/2000 and 1/100 synchro will take all the pictures that you >care to take (it does for me) then the 6.2 has a great deal of >merit. Even if you grant a degree of noise advantage, the 6.2 *is* >the R equivalent of the M in other respects. Manual makes Roger >happy, BUT, Roger is a quiescent photographer! >-- >Roger Beamon I agree Roger... what does noise have to do with picking an R camera??? You pick it for the features you want. If you want to go on auto pilot, pick an electronic R. If you don't, pick a manual R. Forget the nonexistent noise issue. There is a used R6.2 listed in the Shutterbug classified this month. Jim