Why do you favour Leica M R Digital or P&S

[ninekit]

I would like to give a 2nd opinion, to get as close as M experience, I will strongly recommend at least a 10D or better a Nikon D2H if budget is allowed. A digital rebel does not have any custom function which move the AF activation to the back and free the shutter release. So to catch a certain moment, we have to live with a total lag of AF + shutter lag, which is quite considerable.

My personal experience, I am not quite happy with the shutter lag of 10D even after its pre-focused. Quoted from imaging-resource.com, the 10D's and Rebel's release lag after pre-focus is approximately 150ms, which is a good multiple folds of the Leica Ms.

Moreover, another independent review of the Digital Rebel in Luminous Landscape does indicated the mirror d&ing of digital rebel is not done as good as its bigger brothers and could in times blurred the output pictures.

 

[kajabbi]

The automatic this, qand the automatic that. I'm a control freak. The Ms give the tools to capture what I see in the viewfinder. I've been through AF( Contax RTSIII) digital (Olympus 10). "Been there, done that". Those cameras seemed to control me(and the situation). At my age I have less control than I used to but, my M5s are still totally loyal.

 

[kajabbi]

The automatic this, qand the automatic that. I'm a control freak. The Ms give the tools to capture what I see in the viewfinder. I've been through AF( Contax RTSIII) digital (Olympus 10). "Been there, done that". Those cameras seemed to control me(and the situation). At my age I have less control than I used to but, my M5s are still totally loyal.

 

[rpsawin]

The M's are a great choice for street shooting. I used an M6 for sometime and recently started using an M2 for street shootting and I love it. The camera is a joy to use. The finder is bright and unclutered. I use a clip-on meter. As I shoot b&w I can take a quick reading and adjust as needed.

My normal lens is a 35mm and I usually carry a 21mm (with finder), a 50mm and a 90mm.

 

[ted_grant]

> type your text here! Yeah right! :-( I am & > have done so on numerous times and tried > to stay within the lines to post and nothing > ever happens. Be great if someone would > mind explaining what to do, as this list, as much > as I enjoy most of what I read is interesting. > However it's becoming a full blown waste of > time attempting to answer. So in the wildest > of possiblities without a considerable amount > of typing fiddling with little would someone kindly explain exactly where > the heck the text goes and will appear? Thank > you most kindly! So please someone > in very simple language how to make it work > more than ...type your text here! And rarely > have it appear! If this gets anywhere. ;-) > ted

 

[ted_grant]

> Dang it worked ...but what's with all the inbetween my words?

 

[jnswickard]

I thought I would try this and see if I Have got it right?

 

[ted_grant]

> Great it seems I'm not alone! Now maybe, > just maybe I can assist a few folks here from > my 50 years as a working photojournalist > using Leica's! If this get's through? ;-) > ted

 

[ted_grant]

> Why do I favour an M, R, digital Leica? > The assignment dictates which one I use, no > favoritism involved as I use them as tools > of the trade. If I'm shooting the Olympics it's > R's all the way, I use three motor driven R8's > with lenses from 15mm to 800mm. > However it's the longs 280-400-560-800 > that get the main work outs.

> Photojournalism projects it's 99.9999% M's > because they're quiet, fast, focus in next to > nothing light and people don't take you seriously > because the M's look like nice quiet P&S! ;-)

> I mean you may know they cost a fortune, the > public do not so they don't care what it is! > I bought 3 M7's at the beginning of '03 and > put approximately 4-5 hundred rolls through > them in 3 months. Beautiful fast use cameras > with nary a wrong exposure while set to AE .

> And this was during shooting of our new B&W book > "Women in Medicine" under extreme light > conditions in hospitals around North America.

> The M7 after 12 months of hard use as far as I'm concerned > for accurate no fuss no muss picture taking under all types of > light, is the best of the best M camera ever.

> ted

 

[old_admin_CI]

Hi Ted,

you have 2 different options to reply:

a) you click at the buttom of every e-mail on the link, which leads you automatically at the right spot within the forum. You post your message then there directly online.

b) You use the "reply by e-mail" function. It works like any other mailing list, except that you have to scroll down before you type your text. In the help file of this forum, there is a detailes description on how to do use it:

http://www.leicainfo.com/discus_admin_3212110306/template/ui/bd-help_zusatz.html#email_reply

But as far as I can see, you succeeded already. Just always bear in mind to overwrite the "type your text here-line" with your own text.