Jerry, It's ironic you brought this up because I was discussing this with a friend just last week. He places the greatest importance upon this sort of consistency from camera to camera, and yet these things have never bothered me. Shutter location and focus knob on an SL66, shutter release on the front of the Alpa and wind lever in reverse (front to back), shutter speeds and film advance on the front of the Contax I -- I've always just taken these differences in stride and have never even felt that I had to adjust to them. And yet I've seen it mentioned too many times not to believe that it really is a problem for many people; it's interesting to me how some people adapt and other do not. Doug -----Original Message----- From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:51 PM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Not My Definition of a Purebred (Re: Nikon vs. Leica) Doug, In the SLR line I use R Leicas and Nikon F2As. No question whatsoever that the Nikon is a very tough instrument. I wouldn't pound spikes with it, but is hardy enough for anything else. Strange that when switching 'tween an F2A and a Leica M, I never get confused on account of the different directions of the control movement. But when using a R Leica and an M Leica together, I do have to stop and re-think. Jerry