Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You might consider an M4-P over the IIIf. That way you can use all the more currend M bayonet lenses and LTM lenses with an adapter, have a much better/more accurate viewfinder and rangefinder. Prices are not that different from a good user IIIf to a good user M4-P in my experience. I don't have the Voigtlander Bessa-L or Skopar 25mm lens, my impression is that they're quite good. I did buy one of the Heliar 15 lenses and have been using it on my Leica CL with an LTM to M bayonet adapter. I'm very impressed with it, it gives the Zeiss Hologon 16 a serious run for the money. The Zeiss lens is ultimately a better performer, but the difference is smaller than the 4x price differential would suggest. I have a set of pages dedicated to comparing results between these two lenses on my website. Godfrey <http://www.bayarea.net/~ramarren/>