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Subject: [Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.
From: tcharara at mac.com (Tarek Charara)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:06:09 +0100
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Ditto!

The Contax RTS system comes second for me, I really liked working with  
that camera...

All the best from the south of France!

Tarek

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Tarek Charara
<http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com>

NO ARCHIVE



Le 14 mars 10 ? 01:04, George Lottermoser a ?crit :

> agreed - love at first touch for me
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Mar 13, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>> And in mine when I was shooting film. In fact, the R8 is the most  
>> ergonomically correct and comfortable SLR I have ever owned.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:01 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>>
>>> 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 jsjgroups at gmail.com (Jerry Justianto) ([Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.)
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