[Leica] BESSA R3A or M7

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Hi Jayanand, the love of Leica is not necessarily logical - for people who 
love Leica though, it's the finest RF camera system ever created. Sure the 
XXX may be as well made, and YYY may be as small, and ZZZ's optic is just 
as good or better, but taken together as a whole..

There is nothing like it!!!

At 11:39 PM 1/2/2005, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

>I disagree - I have a Nikon F, F2AS & F3, as well as an F100 and D70 - the 
>only one where battery is a major issue is the D70 as it is proprietary. 
>The F & F2 dont require batteries to function . Carrying a spare set of 
>batteries (or many) for the F3 is not an issue, and I cant imagine AA 
>cells for the F100 not being available anywhere in the world where you 
>would use a rangefinder. All the F series cameras are at least as well 
>made as the Leicas I have seen, take incredible abuse without anything 
>happening to them. A CLA once in 10-15 years is all it requires to keep in 
>excellent working order.  I am just starting to use rangefinders, and find 
>it problematic to use intutively, but it will come with time and practice. 
>I love using precision made cameras, and for that reason alone I can see 
>why buying an M6 or M7 would give pleasure over a Bessa R3A, but not on 
>functionality or value.
>Cheers
>Jayanand Govindaraj
>Chennai, India

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