Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Not to put too fine a point on it, the M7 is a recent Leica, > only a year or two (at most) on the market. 20+ years ago > you'd have been using an M4-series, or older.
I didn't word that too well, what I meant was it's 20+ years since I had a rangefinder camera - it certainly wasn't a Leica, but back then I couldn't afford a Pentax. I can't remember who did make it, but it was a present for my 13th birthday and was used years later as a p/ex for my first Pentax MX. This will annoy me now, until I remember - I do know it was my second choice of camera, as I didn't have enough for the Zenit E :-) > One thing that makes a Leica (and other RF cameras) better > than an SLR for street photography (God, do I hate that term > and description!) is that you can see outside the frame > lines, which means you can see what's coming into the frame > and what's surrounding it, allowing for better composition in > fast changing environments. There are other factors as well, > but I'll leave them be for now ... although, I will say that > all too often an SLR is too big or too noisy, or both, for > certain situations. Thanks, all noted. I agree with you about the term 'street photography', but most of the alternative descriptions are pretty ghastly too. Perhaps someone can come up with a better description? > Personally, I like the MX quite a bit for those times when an > SLR is a good choice. It's a nice compliment to the Leica, > especially with certain lenses, like the M50/1.4 or the > K35/2.5 or 28/3.5. The FA* 43mm is a superb choice (in fact, > it's also made in a Leica thread mount .... ahh!) and I > suspect the FA* 77mm would be fine as well. Both the FA* 43 & 77mm are on my wish list. Malcolm
