Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 05:48 AM, Martin Howard wrote: > > IF... and that's a big if... they manage high-speed, low noise, good > image quality sensor technology, that'd put them in a (AFAIK) pretty > unique situation of being the low-light/fringe available light, HQ, > digital imaging solution provider. That'd be a competitive advantage. > And that might actually be worth five grand to a bunch of people. > > And maybe that's where they're going: According to Doug, they have the > best VF. Autofocus wouldn't be very useful anyway in such low-light > situations. So, maybe the Digi-R will become the 'lux of digital. I know you were putting on a brave face here Martin, only problem is, as I see it, R8/9 (in fact SLRs in general) are just not good for manual focussing (let alone autofocussing as you say) in dim light. And of course, that's where rangefinders come in. I proved it at a wedding a few weeks back - I just couldn't focus my R8 inside a mainly candle lit reception room. Switched to M6TTL - not the slightest problem; all shots were focussed just right. Regards, Rick. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html