Re: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons AND opinions on 135

[tripspud <tripspud@transbay.net>]

Hi BD,

       Some of use don't use SLRs.  I sold my Nikon for Leica
because the Nikon kit was too big and heavy.  I had an F
with old glass 24/28, 35/1.4, 50/3.5Macro, and 85/1.8
with the big sportsfinder that really made it easy to use
as you can hold the camera several inches from your face
and still see the whole image.  Great for eyeglass wearers.
With my switch to Leica screwmounts, I have to get
new glasses every year.  The corn tape stuff won't
work on the individual finders that are required
to make these screwmount cameras function
effectively even for the 50mm lenses which
I mostly use.

Cheers,

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net

bdcolen wrote:

> SL - ;-)
>
> As to opinions on 135...Since you are asking for OPINIONS:
>
> 135 mm lenses do not belong on rangefinder cameras. While the latest 135
> APO lens may be a spectacular piece of glass, the glass quality does not
> begin to make up for the fact that by using an M body to shoot with a
> telephoto you are looking at such a reduced image size that the shooting
> becomes an exercise in a cross between pot luck and futility. The very
> existence of 135s for Ms is a holdover from the days when there were no
> SLRs, so if one wanted a long lens on a 35 mm camera, one had to mount
> that lens on a rangefinder body. But there are so many better platforms
> today for longer lenses that one has to ask - why bother?
>
> Just my opinion. :-)
>
> B. D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Steve
> LeHuray
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 10:16 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons
>
> > The reason Nikon still has F3's for sale is the same reason that the R
>
> > line has been a financial dog for Leica - there are only about six
> > people out there these days in the market for a solid, reliable,
> > manual focus SLR any more. The F3 was and is a terrific camera - but
> > it came out at the wrong time in the evolution of Autofocus and auto
> > everything.
> >
> > B. D.
> >
>
> ...damn!! I am always out of step -- I hope I can catch up one of these
> days.
>
> sl
>
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