> On Oct 26, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 26/10/18, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I think the notion is too broad. Film or digital is irrelevant: I want >> my Leica M to feel and work like a Leica M always did. That's much more >> specific and concrete. It's not how my Nikon F felt and works, nor my >> Rolleiflex EX, etc. A Leica M from 1953 to the first Leica digital M >> always felt pretty much the same. The M8 and M9 series lost a lot of the >> responsiveness, regained in the typ 240 going forward. All the digital >> models but for the M Edition 60, the M-D, and this new M10-D have a >> different feel because of the LCD and all the buttons on the back that >> my fingers have to work their way around: these three models, with those >> unnecessary bits absent, now feel like a Leica M always did, to me. > > Interesting points. > > One of the things I like about my Oly Pen F is that it is so reminiscent in > size and feel to my Pentax MXs of yesteryear. > > I know this should not be important but actually the familiarity is quite > pleasant, really. Much like the 'feel' of your Leica M is effectively > recreated in the more modern digital examples. You obviously prefer that - > familiarity? > > The Fujis have this 'familiarity' also. Heft and metal. I don't prefer > lightweight cameras with lots of plastic. > > I suppose I would be a good Leica customer but I'd rather spend my > hard-earned crust pouring diesel into my Land Rover, or saving for the day > when I can buy myself a boat. > > Yer pays yer money and yer takes yer choice :-D
One does, one does. :) Yes: What I've been reaching for all these years as digital capture cameras have come into being and matured into usable devices is a camera with the familiarity to muscle memory and mind that it disappears from my sight when in use the same way that my first Leica M and my Nikon F cameras did fifty some years ago. The Leica M-D 262 finally achieved that; the closest an SLR ever came was the Olympus E-1, but that's now been replaced by the Leica CL which can be configured to do that disappearing act for me (and which also feels in use much like my Olympus Pen FT half-frame camera once did, one of my favorite film cameras…). No desire for a boat here, and I have the car, the motorcycle, and the bicycle which make me smile on the vehicle front. Speaking of which, it's time for my afternoon bicycle ride … :-) G — "… And miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
