Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Eric, are you telling me that if you took your 35 summilux and a 35 elmarit >into a dark room, that you could focus as well with both lenses? No, not with focusing efficiency. I somehow missed we were talking about viewfinders. The color in the viewfinder is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. The issue should be how easy it is to focus. And my experience is that Leica R are much easier to focus than any autofocus body I've used, and they're way brighter than a Nikon F3. I'm sure one reason Leica viewfinders are bluer is they are silvered, where Nikon's are aluminized. I can't imagine anyone being able to have focus problems with Leica R bodies. I'm sure it's true, but I can't imagine why. You put a bright screen in the R4 through 7 or use an R8 and the viewfinder is significantly brighter than older Nikons and Canons, and much easier to focus than the AF viewfinders of modern cameras. In my experience. But I just had my eyes tested, and they're now both 20/15. (One used to be 20/10). Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Ted Kennedy