Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At Fri, 07 Nov 1997 21:57:21, dannyg1@IDT.NET (Danny Gonzalez) wrote: > Leica has officially denied plans for any of the following: > > The electronic M6E > The M6W (which they've reasonably explained would have too much lens barrel > viewfinder blockage) > M6T or consumer version of the M6J viewfindered M6, which they've said has been > problematic (I remember Roger writing something to this effect. Roger?) Well, I know which of these `not-going-to-happen' cameras I'm rooting for most, and perhaps for an improbable reason. Sometimes, not constantly but often enough that the M6's limitation frosts my shorts, a picture in hard sunlight would just look much better with a little flash fill. And if it's bright out and the film isn't dead slow, that 1/50th sync speed is seriously suboptimal: you lose any possibility of choosing a DOF-reducing aperture. If the M6E has a flash-sync speed of 1/250th or better (is anything better possible with a focal-plane shutter?) I'll be there in line at my camera store. The possibility of choosing aperture-priority automation occasionally would be gravy. Another reason to love my leaf-shutter Mamiya rangefinders. -J