Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Get the M6 and Summicron. You can find some nice deals on used equipment on the friday LUG, and new Leica prices are quite low compared to recent years. You can always sell it later and get most of your money back. I did't start with Bessa R but had one as a second body to my M6. The Bessa R is reasonably well made and inexpensive plus it has a really nice viewfinder. However I don't recommend it as your first body because it only takes screwmount lenses, unless of course you already have a set of these. I sold it rather quickly for a Hexar RF. What are you using now? Ray dxp wrote: > I have been struggling these past couple of weeks with > a decision. I was nearly set to purchase an M6 with a > 50mm/f2 when I came up the Bessa R. > > There are some obvious differences -- and the most > obvious is price. > > I would like to hear some advice from folks who > started with a Bessa R and moved to the M6. As this > will be my first rangefinder...I don't want to make an > egregious financial error. > > Thanks, > Alex.