At 1/28/2021 07:16 PM, AG Schnozz wrote:
>I will admit to not being overly pleased with the viewfinder situation
>with the Leica III series, but I am quite enamoured with the M series.
>Generally speaking, however, I don't like rangefinder cameras and
>prefer the much more WYSIWYG viewfinder of an SLR.
>
>There are advantages to the rangefinder, but I think the primary
>benefit of a Leica is not the rangefinder viewfinder, but the tabbed
>focus ring. By feel, you can instantly move the focus point to a
>muscle-memory position and be very close to the ideal focus point and
>then use the rangefinder focus aid to tweak focus. A best of both
>worlds, to me, would be an SLR with the tabbed focus rings of the
>Leica M series lenses.
>
>Although, at this point, I'm enjoying AF+MF of modern cameras. I let
>the auto focus get me in the neighborhood and then I just tweak from
>there.
My first "real" camera was a Nikon Nikormat. I unfortunately traded it on an
upgrade to a worse Nikon camera, with the new auto exposure. But if felt like
shooting a flint lock rifle compared to the Nikormat. So sloowww. I never gave
myself the luxury of replacing it for the OM-2 at the time and my photography
took a back burner for many years until the OM-4 years later.
I briefly tried a Leica M6 at the time I was also using the OM-4t. I was
testing shutter accuracy at the time with my home made detector. (ebay snags
were suspect and many thanks to John Hermanson).
I was surprised that the Leica shutter was way off on a brand new camera. More
than 50% variation across the frame at 1/1000 compared to < 20% on OM4 at
1/2000. I later assumed most people shot around 1/60 and hence never noticed. I
returned the camera the next day and never looked back. The shop said I could
get it serviced. Servicing a brand new camera seemed ridiculous. As cameras go,
the OM-4t was, to me, a so much better camera mechanically and usability. Leica
never impressed me.
mileage varied WayneS
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