[LRflex] Re: Photokina and other disasters...
- From: "telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:00:20 -0400
Chris Birchenhall <chris@tarsier=2Efreeserve=2Eco=2Euk>
> The question is: does your statement hold for the R8/R9
No=2E
> and is it likely to hold for the R10 or whatever comes next=3F
I have no inside info, so I don't know=2E
> If not then focus confirmation may on occasion be useful and if
> it unobtrusive it can be ignored
The presence of focus confirmation requires that it compromise viewfinder
quality therefore it cannot be unobtrusive; the viewfinder is compromised
100% of the time for the sake of the few times electronic focus
confirmation would be useful=2E
> At the same time I have to ask if Leica could come up with such a fine
> screen in the SL2 why was this feature not replicated in subsequent mode=
ls
It's an expensive viewfinder to make=2E Recall that Leitz (or so the stor=
y
goes) lost money on each SL2 it made=2E The benefit of the R3 to Leitz wa=
s
that it cost less to make and its AE feature was more marketable than the
SL2's magnificent viewfinder and build quality=2E
> and why has it not been surpassed by other manufacturers=3F=20
Other manufacturers build to a price point much more than Leica does=2E
It's an expensive viewfinder to make=2E Ideally I'd like to see an
SL/SL2-quality viewfinder with built-in diopter correction=2E
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www=2Ewildlightphoto=2Ecom
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