Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/20

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Subject: Leica R questions
From: BBAIN@imnet.com (BBAIN)
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 13:10:45 -0400

     OK, another day at the soccer pitch has convinced me that a 135mm 
     simply isn't long enough (the first field day I haven't had to coach a 
     game in a while), and She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed has given the green light 
     to at least look at a SLR (gasp, 25 years with nothing but my M3, last 
     SLR was a Nikon F with Photomic head). She's holding out for a Nikon 
     AF, but used R3s and R4s seem to be about the same $$ as Leicaflex 
     SL2, so would anybody care to compare the R3 and R4 to its later 
     brethren?  I would be using the camera almost solely for shooting 
     soccer from the sidelines outdoors, so exotic flash features and stuff 
     like that are not factors (besides, I *love* my M3 with a Canon 
     50/f1.2 for "available darkness" candids of the family and a Summicron 
     for everything else).  The season is almost over, so I'll have all 
     winter to search out a good one.  Thanx in advance!