Re: [Leica] stealing

["John Black" <jblack@ambio.net>]

For all the talk of the "noisy EOS motor" being a poor comparison on the
Hexar, I have to say that the quietest motor, rewind or advance, that I have
ever used by far is on the EOS A2.  I think it is a sprocketless belt drive
and usually I could not tell when it was rewinding except by looking at the
LCD display.

Not ALL EOS winding motors are noisy.

JB
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Finnegan <tomf@piengr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 6:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] stealing


>
> ***************************************************
> > I just recently read the book "on being a photographer" by David Hurn
and
> > Bill Jay (highly recommended by the way)
>
> But you're telling us we should listen to a guy who traded in his M6 for a
> Rebel!? Not the highest plug in ones resume! The lag time on my Mom's
Rebel
> is
> around half a minute! Enougth time to blink twice and put in Visine!
> I take my glasses off or put them on top of my head!
> Mark Rabiner
> **************************************************
>
> I must admit I was a bit shocked to read that as well. Perhaps that is why
> they slip that info in towards the back of the book. Who would take a
Rebel
> user seriously, even if he has been a member of Magnum since 1967?
>
> "...for most of my photographic career I used Leicas, for their
reliability
> and quality of optics, but most importantly because of their very quiet
> shutters. I also like the direct viewfinders of rangefinder-type cameras.
I
> feel as though I am looking directly at the subject, not an image on a
> ground-glass screen as is the case with the single-lens reflex.
> Unfortunately, as I grew older and needed glasses I could not see the
> complete frame inside the Leica's viewfinder so I swithched to slrs. In
> fact I use the cheapest, amateur model in the Canon line for one reason
> only: it is the quietest in operation. I certainly do not need all the
> bells and whistles even on this camera."
>
> For his current large project documenting the people, culture and
landscape
> of Wales, he is also using a Rolleiflex (portraits) and a 4x5 (landscape).
>
> Tom Finnegan
> Seattle
>
>