Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I own and regularly shoot a Leica M4 with a few very fine lenses from Leica, Canon and Nikon. I recently picked up a Konica Hexar and can't stop taking photos with it. The lower magnification in the VF and the little rubber ring around the eyepiece are a godsend for me when wearing glasses. I also regularly carry around either a Diax IIa or an Adox Adrette II with 50mm Xenon lens for compactness. Lately I have become enamored with Nikon rangefinders. I've only handled one just once before in my life and that was 5 years ago, before I got my first Leica M and the Nikon was a black paint SP. Incredible. Now I find myself fantasizing about shooting an S2 with a 50mm f/1.4 lens. Not a lofty goal and not the pinnacle of Nikon RF's either. I'm not a collector. I'm a user and abuser. My cameras get beat up unless I don't like them in which case they don't get used and then get sold. My feelings are that a support group is almost necessary for this hopeless addiction to incredible mechanical tools like these cameras. Apologies for the OT ramble. Phil Forrest