Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:44 AM 8/11/1999 EDT, Tom Abrahamson wrote: >I disagree with Cosina being "a piece of shit". It is cheap yes, but it is a >highly capable camera. In 1953 a 3F cost about $160 with no lens and, though >I don't have the cost index conversion handy, that is substantially more than >the Cosina Rangefinder at $400 is today. I would not say that the Cosina is >better than the 3F or 3G, it isn't, but it has incorporated features that are >useful to me today. The meter is very good, as good as the one on the M6. It >has a flash-synch of 1/125 and a top speed of 1/2000. It is made of plastic, >it is noisier than the M or screwmount Leica and it will probably not last 40 >or 50 years without requiring service or several rebuilds, but I will not use >it as a substitute for a Leica, it will be a complementary camera instead, >for those times when the features I need are not available on the Leica >rangefinder. Thanks, Tom, for your most interesting defence of the undefendable. As to the quality of the optics, the pictures I have seen printed of the 15mm's performance do not bear out that it is "better" than the Zeiss Hologon. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!