Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R8 vs Nikon F5 light metering
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 16:26:14 -0500

At 02:26 PM 4/5/98 +0000, you wrote:

>reflectance objects.  If you know how to use an incident meter 
>properly you will end up with better, more consistent exposures in 
>90% of the shooting situations you will encounter.  

Harrison,

For photojournalists, who were the main group this camera is designed to
meet their needs, there is not time to use an incident meter for much of
our work. And, on top of that, it seems the discipline of knowing
sensitometry and good technique are not as important as they used to be for
many of them (a BAD thing if you ask me). A camera like the F5 is designed
to meet their needs. 

For the rest of us, we can pity them the weight they have to carry.

For sports photographers, we can congratulate them of picking the best
camera for the job, until the EOS 0.5 comes out (more professional, lower
number with Canon <G>).
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.