Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bmceowen wrote Sorry, but I have to respond to this analogy. Sure, it's clever and all but I'm not sure this charge is really fair . . . SNIP. . . You have to do the same thing with the Contax. Yep, you have to prefocus and wait for the moment. If you wait to focus until the moment happens you will miss the moment. Yes, it's true, just like with the Leica you have to think a bit when you use a Contax. If you want to slam the Contax that's fine with me but why not slam it for things that really are bothersome -- like the focus noise . . I certainly pushed a button! : ) My experience with the Contax left me wanting to slam in into a tree. Much as I tried to get with the prefocus tricks, I can't tell you how often I was frustrated, especially when you can push the button and nothing--NOTHING--happens until it wakes up and focuses. In an otherwise brilliant camera, lens and design, this one thing (well, the noise was an annoyance too) made it a non-starter. Even for still life shooting, the focus is a problem when on a tripod and the point you want focused not at the center spot. Anyway, I was just pulling up the emotions that I was feeling, and that which I experienced using the G1 matched perfectly. That's all. Back to Leica praising and bashing... donal - -- __________ Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com