Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/14
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Cheers Douglas On 14.03.2010 12:17, Jerry Justianto wrote: > 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>>> information >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>>> information >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>> information >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>> information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >