Best-built SLR with great metering?

Sirius Glass

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Huss said:
You, fortunately or unfortunately, have achieved harmonic consonance with that thunder clap.
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The loud shutter makes a stand and says: I have arrived!
 

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The Leicaflex SL fails the weight stipulation, but I have found the limited measuring circle accurate and easy to use.
 

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Mirror slam, weight, light measuring, accuracy; so many great work has been done with dinosaurs, amongst one like this, and others who ware even more 'primitive'...
I think that an 'elementary' camera forces the photographer to draw on his knowledge and skills, which is also very grateful once a good result is achieved.
Aren't we a little spoiled?


 
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Get outta here with your auto aperture stop down and instant return mirror.
 

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Huss said:
Get outta here with your auto aperture stop down and instant return mirror.
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Yes, Huss, you are right, these two features are already luxurious compared to many other camera's from that era, and even the availability of a light sensitive emulsion coated on a clear and easy to manipulate base, ware...
Looking at the magnificent seascapes by Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884), I realise that now days, with all our (analoge-) technology and artistic insights, it's not that evident to achieve this high level of quality, even though we are so spoiled...
 
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