on 2/18/04 1:54 PM, Winsor Crosby at wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> It is funny how your perceptions change. I started many years ago when
> I was young and in the US Army in Germany with a Leica M3 which I grew
> to love. When it was stolen many years later I could no longer afford
> to replace it with the latest one. I had a brief fling with mechanical
> Canon F1n which I disliked almost as much as I liked the Leica.
> Although I was able to take pictures that pleased me with it, it was
> awkward, clunky and heavy. Although it was built like a tank a small
> bump that did not leave a mark on the finish destroyed the meter. The
> OM4T was a wonderful experience and it was a perfect size. I looked at
> the evolution of the Leica R8 and was amazed at how big and clumsy it
> looked. Now after being interested for a while in digital and handling
> a representative sample of them I just saw a pic of the Leica R9
> enlarged by a mockup of the digital back and bottom and it did not look
> so big at all. Funny.
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> http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pma2004/Leica/DSC_1994.jpg
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
The Leica R8/R9 body looks big, but it fit into my hands very well, and
handled excellently. I sure can't afford one, but IMO the design is every
bit as good or better than the Canon EOS or Nikon F5 for handling... and I
think its slightly more compact as well. The R8 I handled didn't have the
'carved from a block of steel' feel of my older IIIg or M3 Leicas... but
then, neither do the OM's, sad but true.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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