Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:26 AM 4/2/98 -0500, you wrote: >Maybe a LUGnut can answer a philosophical question for me: > >Why is a mechanical, non-motorized camera with a dumb spot meter >like the Leica M6 considered by many to be the pinnacle of rangefinder >design, yet to be competetive a 35mm SLR must have multiple metering >and program modes, motorized film advance and rewind, auto-bracketing, >sophisticated flash functions and (in many opinions) several auto >focus modes? > >One would think that an effective "street" camera would need as >many automatic functions as possible for maximum responsiveness >yet what I'm reading here is that the simplicity of the M6 is >what makes it so responsive. > >I'm a "bugs & critters" photographer so the rangefinder is not the >best tool for me, yet, like the M6, the mechanical, non-motorized >Leicaflex SL with a dumb spot meter is the most responsive, and >ultimately most useful SLR for me. There are hardly any features, >switches or modes to set wrong, and it relies on the most sophisticated >fuzzy-logic computer known, the human brain. > >Would RF users be as satisfied with an electronic M-camera, or has >standard SLR design become too cluttered with superfluous features? >Your opinions, please. > >-Doug Herr > Doug - I need a camera that is small, unobtrusive, quiet and built like a tank. The more electronic stuff you add the less it is each of those. Love my M6!! Best - Tina ______________________________________________________________________ Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> <http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm>