Re[2]: Shortage of Used R 6.2 Leicas??

[seungmin@luxmail.luxcom.com]

     Hi,
     
      How about the R6?  How would the R6 or R6.2 be compared with SL or 
     SL2?
     
     Regards,
     David

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Subject: Re: Shortage of Used R 6.2 Leicas??
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internetmail
Date:    7/8/97 10:53 PM


 A coworker of mine, an engineer, has this very problem.  It's surprisingly
difficult to get him to accept that there are just three basic controls you 
need: focus, aperture, and shutter speed.
>
This is so basic, yet so important to understanding photography, at any 
level.  You are absolutely right.  Limit the features on a camera, and 
force the user to exercise creative control of the end result.  That's one 
of the reasons why I like manual cameras.
   I suspect that the R 6.2 will go down in Leica's history as one of the
finest cameras it has ever produced -- fully mechanical, durable, and 
reliable.  What more could you ask for?  In thirty years, I'd like to be 
around to compare the resale value of the R 6.2 and any current 
microprocessor-controlled camera.  As has happened to so many of these 
computer-controlled cameras, once they become discontinued and their parts 
no longer are easy to find, their value declines rapidly.
   I know of some who have exactly the same problem you describe.  They use
cameras with just about every possible button and feature imaginable, yet 
they can't take a decent picture because they do not understand how to 
exercise creative control using just a few simple basics.
     
     
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