Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Dr. Black Tape Concurs: > > The OM3-4 metering system may be simply THE best internal metering available > for the thinking photographer. The body weighs LESS than an M6 body. The > ergonomics of the body are somewhat dated, but given the other features, so > what...The OM3-4 is/are the reflex Leica should have built. But who'd buy the M-camera, once you leveled the playing field by making the OM a prestigious Leica product? The OM is *tiny*. I think the R8 is big simply to differentiate it from the M, rather than any functional reason. But the new ones are expensive (I only broke the $1200 barrier for a camera body last year, with the purchase of a new M6--and I've owned 4 Hasselblads, a Rollei, and 6 Leicas), and I found the OM-1 real uncomfy--too many sharp edges. Jeff