Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/14

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Subject: [Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.
From: jsjgroups at gmail.com (Jerry Justianto)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:17:54 +0700
References: <420887777.9734851268414419283.JavaMail.root@dsmdc-mail-mbs12> <DE4FCC23-CB1A-45FC-95AA-1DA00426A007@mac.com> <19b6d42d1003121340ue5fe012v5ecf9ca3e3ed978a@mail.gmail.com> <A6239578-CFDB-445A-9665-793D25CB19E1@mac.com> <4248CEDE-C4C7-4B55-A2AF-6BC94B70E365@frozenlight.eu> <81C61203-29F2-4066-999B-E3D4AD9B5BEB@mac.com> <E4B95AA4-B689-4222-A8DC-3326329EDED5@mac.com>

My dream would be F3HP body with d700 in it :)

Jsj


On 3/14/10, Tarek Charara <tcharara at mac.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> 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 douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Digital SLR viewfinders suck.)
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