Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/06

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Subject: [Leica] Leica M3 purchase
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)
Date: Wed Apr 6 17:10:26 2005
References: <008901c5394b$3c9fe750$6701a8c0@ccapr.com><020e01c5398d$1d816b40$aa00a8c0@ic7max3> <1f83a182d4d8c05ce86b2e81588aad00@earthlink.net> <009b01c53b04$c3a14040$aa00a8c0@ic7max3>
 
On Apr 6, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Michael J Herring wrote:

> Thanks!
> I am leaning toward a 35mm as my first lens.
> However, this would be a mistake to use with the M3.
> Correct?

Correct. The M3 doesn't have framelines for the 35. You would need to 
use
a 35 with 'goggles', which would limit you to an old optical design, 
and it
really isn't the best solution. Neither is am external finder...

If you are going to get a 35 you can't go wrong with the M6 or M6TTL.


feli


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