Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>Rough translation: "The Leica M concept defines itself by the determining criteria of silence. On this point the RF isn't better than reflex types (for example certain EOS models)"<<< That isn't terribly helpful...the old Elan and A2 models are very quiet indeed, whereas the EOS-1 is quite loud. This could also constitute a certain M-centric "crowing" since the fixed-lens Hexar is more silent than the Leica M6. My "new" screwmount IIIf is louder than the M6, too. Again, I think people will have to hear for themselves before concluding that the Hexar RF is "loud...loud...loud," as one of us did the other day. I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just saying we don't really have sufficient information yet. - --Mike