slungu wrote: Tariq Gibran wrote:
When you read of a number of people, wowed by the M9\'s iq, speak of dumping their DSLR\'s in exchange for a rangefinder, one has to wonder if they are fully aware of the compromises they are about to enter into. ... But, to each their own.
Well, that is the point. If you don\'t use macro, and hardly use something over 100mm, than most of the spoken limitations are gone. A 28-50-90 combination on a RF is perfectly valid and would work great. Now, if this is what you shoot with a DSLR, would it not make sense to get a M9 ( of course, if you can afford it )? Or, you could have a RF kit and a DSLR with your preffered long AF lenses for sports/kids/wildlife. That would be complementary and not overlapping.
Cropping an already small viewfinder image by using longer lenses than the widest the finder is designed for is a major compromise in usability alone. It almost looks to silly to be true when you stop and consider it:
slungu wrote: Tariq Gibran wrote:
When you read of a number of people, wowed by the M9\'s iq, speak of dumping their DSLR\'s in exchange for a rangefinder, one has to wonder if they are fully aware of the compromises they are about to enter into. ... But, to each their own.
Well, that is the point. If you don\'t use macro, and hardly use something over 100mm, than most of the spoken limitations are gone. A 28-50-90 combination on a RF is perfectly valid and would work great. Now, if this is what you shoot with a DSLR, would it not make sense to get a M9 ( of course, if you can afford it )? Or, you could have a RF kit and a DSLR with your preffered long AF lenses for sports/kids/wildlife. That would be complementary and not overlapping.
Cropping an already small viewfinder image by using longer lenses than the widest the finder is designed for is major compromise in usability alone. It almost looks to silly to be true when you stop and consider it:
Oct 19, 2009 at 09:57 AM
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