Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Coleman wrote: > > My wife purchased my a Leica M series range finder for Christmas and I'm > thrilled. Up until now, I've used a Minolta SLR and have enjoyed the > through the lens focusing and zoom lenses which allow flexibility in composition. > > I'm really torn now whether I should keep the Leica M or exchange it for > the R series SLR. Any advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > Tom Coleman You need to give it a fair shot first. You are being dragged into this kicking and screaming. A rangefinder is a thinking persons camera. Some pre planing is often appreciated: Zone focusing. It's a less obvious and easy camera system for most people who are used to slrs. The photographs you get from the camera themselves will be an inspiration though in some cases the R glass is the same. But with every R glass is the glass from the mirror flapping up and down. Mark Rabiner