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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Rangefinders and other things
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Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 08:19:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 28 08:19:08 1986
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

> belatedly adding a bit of fuel to the fire on the subject of
> rangefinder cameras vs slr cameras.

1) split images are just a cruch for cameras that can't look through
a REAL lens...

2) a rangefinder is only worthwhile if it has a leaf shutter...

3) rangefinders with focal plane shutters have all the disadvantages
and none of the advantages of any camera but they make good tie bars...

Seriously, if you do much flash macro photography you learn to love
SLR leaf shutter cameras which have a sync speed of 1/1000 second and
super critical focusing over the entire frame, not just in the center.