Ah well, I did not intend to imply that loading a Leica with film would be instinctive - but taking pictures with same. I considered the matter in earnest when deciding what to take on a trip to Estonia next weekend which includes a visit to an exotic island - Kihnu - where the women still wear the traditional folk dresses - and convenience won over absolute quality: I´ll take the MZ-S with the 3.5-4.5/24-105 Pentax and 2.8/20 Pentax and 4-5.6/70-300 Sigma. I´m sure I would get better quality images with my Leica M6 but Pentax gear will be good enough and faster to use. AF is just plain faster, no doubt about it. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: T Rittenhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 02. kesäkuuta 2003 20:46 Aihe: Re: Pentax bashing (was Re: another 31 Limited question) >Where did you hear that? No one I ever knew claimed loading film in a Leica >was instinctive. > >Very well built, a pleasure to handle, sharp lenses, the world's best >rangefinder, yes. But, instinctive? Not likely. > >I am glad I am not one of you old geezers, so I don't need AF. Of course, my >opinion is that most people never learned to focus a camera, and therefore >fiddle with it forever. I will admit AF works better for them. > >Ciao, >Graywolf >http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Raimo Korhonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Yeah, it´s us old geezers who need AF. >> The speed of operation of modern, good quality AF SLR is from another >world compared with e.g. Leica rangefinder - especially obvious when >changing film or lenses - and Leica has a reputation as being instinctive. > > >
