Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll be brief. It has a truly exceptional lens, it is light and compact, and the autoexposure seems to be virtually foolproof, giving excellent exposure under difficult conditions. No manual focus. It is a very high end P&S. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of PMCC Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:49 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Contax T I'd be interested in your reasons for prefering the T3, besides the availability of current production. Does it have a manual rangefinder and instant shutter release? We can take this offline if it's too OT for this list. rgds Peter C. California USA --- Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote: > The lens on the Contax T is very good, but it weighs > a ton. You could > probably stand on it. I paid $400 for mine, but it > was in excellent > condition. The parts are as scarce as hen's teeth. > I'd buy a T3 (if that > is the newest model) if I had it to do all over > again. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] > On Behalf Of PMCC > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 3:34 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] OT: Contax T > > OK LUG brainiacs out there, who knows > something about the Contax T (not T2, T3 > or T whatever)? > > Intrigued by the piece on Dante's website, > I decided to check one out at the neighborhood > camera shop. Nice looking cosmetics and > appears (without running and processing a > test roll) to work. This one is black. > > Here's the question: on the inside surface > of the camera back there are two shallow > vertical slots in which thin metal rails are > inset. One of them has been glued back in, > the other one is completely missing. They > appear to press up against the spring on the > black of the film pressure plate when the > camera is closed. But neither the camera shop > guy nor I can figure out the exact function and > thus don't know if its absence is critical. No > body appears to fix these things. Can anybody > help? Also, what would you as a knowledgeable > Contax T user/fan be willing to pay for one of > these, as a pocket take-along camera? Other > considerations? I know you folks are a fund of > arcane > information and trenchant opinions, > so let's have it. Off line if the crowd objects to > excessive onlist traffic. Thanks! > > rgds > Peter Choy > California USA > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information