Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13

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Subject: RE: [Leica] The new Konica hexar RF; take a look
From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 08:10:35 -0700

The shutter may be different, but apparently the metering technique is
similar.

I dunno - I remain to be convinced.  The fact that the firm drive is
entirely motorized is a turn-off, as is the small magnification of the
finder.  I like the idea of the higher shutter speeds and the AE (I guess)
but seem to be a lot of downsides for a camera that will be selling for 75%
of the price of an M6...

I'll wait for a hands-on review or two before I let myself get all hot and
sweaty.

Paul Chefurka

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lucien [mailto:director@ubi.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 10:48 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The new Konica hexar RF; take a look
> 
> 
> Dan Cardish wrote:
> > 
> > That's still a lot of dough for a camera that may not have 
> the focusing
> > accuracy to handle the fast M lenses, is noisier than an 
> EOS camera, and
> > whose autoexposure is based on the same white 
> dot-on-shitter curtain as in
> > the M6 (I think that's what was said).
> 
> No, not the same shutter.
> 1s - 1/4000
> Synchro 1/125
> 
> Lucien
>