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Subject: [Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:01:10 -0600
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True enough.
Not small.
Yet, extremely comfortable
in my hands.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Mar 12, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Vince Passaro wrote:

> Slightly OT but I just saw my first live R8 today at Adorama and  
> the thing
> is like the size of a European rental car. Yikes. It appears to be  
> double
> the volume of my humble R4 Mod P; i.e., my R4 that works.
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM, George Lottermoser  
> <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote:
>
>> In some way I'm glad that I never looked through a Leica SL VF (view
>> finder);
>> As it seems one forever sees all others (including R8) lacking.
>>
>> My only 35mm SLR VF experiences:
>> Nikon F
>> FtN
>> F2
>> F5
>> N90
>> Canon 10D
>> 20D
>> 5D
>> Leica R3
>> R8
>>
>> R8 wins in that line up with a very significant lead.
>>
>> So I feel very happy in my ignorance,
>> continuing to feel I have the best available Digital SLR VF.
>>
>> ;~)
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:20 AM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>>
>>  The F's mirror assembly is far superior to the current Nikon  
>> Line, very
>>> well built and far quieter than the current Nikon line, Period.
>>>
>>> As for Viewfinder brightness, I'm with Doug, SL #1, then the R8.   
>>> the rest
>>> just don't cut it.
>>>
>>> Gene
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:24 -0600 (CST)
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.
>>>
>>> Chris Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>  So we need a D3 body and an F VF? I'll go along with that. I've  
>>> seen
>>>> people
>>>> pound nails with the bottom of the D3 on youtube.
>>>>
>>>
>>> An SL viewfinder would be better.  The F viewfinder's pretty good  
>>> though.
>>>
>>>
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Replies: Reply from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.)
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Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.)
Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.)