Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] "standard camera"
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:26:26 -0600

>I would think PJs, like yourself, who shoot in the "Hail Mary"
>region a lot, would also embrace it for its well dampened
>mirror vibration in the slower shutter speeds. Body shake
>is the limiting factor for me in these regions (&>) !
>
>It'd be nice, on occasion, to have 1/3 stop ABC, when work-
>ing with chromes. Oh well, maybe in the R9, with the built-
>in motor drive (&>) !

Tom,

I do shoot hail Mary a lot. You get a feel for it. But 98 percent I have my
eye glued to the viewfinder. Mirror dampening is great. Bracketing would be
good, but I don't miss it too much. I usually don't have time to bracket,
and if I do, I like the shutter speed dial on the R8 much better than its
predecessors.

I don't want a built-in motor.
- -- 

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

Everybody has a photographic memory- most just forget to load the film.