Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1994/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you think IIIGs are expensive, have you priced a screw-mount 35mm Summicron? providing you can find one, that is. On Thu, 13 Oct 1994, Chris Kantarjiev wrote: > Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 14:55:00 PDT > From: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@parc.xerox.com> > To: gang@mtdcr.att.com > Cc: jan@dcs.qmw.ac.uk, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: begining user questions > > So why not just get a M3 (or M2, M4 etc) > which is a better camera anyway unless you want the size of IIIg, in > which case, a IIIf + viewfinder (for 90mm lens) will do what IIIg does. > > Short answer: because I'm a crank. > > I want the size - my main photographic activity these days is > automobile races. This is meant to be a companion camera to my Canon F1 > SLR which will have a large telephoto attached. I want a small body > with a 35mm (hopefully an f2 Summicron) for wide angle/close in shots. > > A IIIf with finder would probably be OK, and may be what I end up with; > apparently the big concern there is the need to hand cut the long film > leader tongue. > > The M series just isn't a "real Leica" to me - see the above about "I'm > a crank". If I'm going to do this, I'm going to do it with a screw > mount body. (I also wear a mechanical watch and use a Curta > "peppermill" calculator to balance my checkbook. Like I said, I'm a crank.) > > This also applies to the very practical suggestion of using a Canon 7, > which solves all of the IIIf's and IIIg's "problems"... > Michael Volow, M.D. (mvolo@acpub.duke.edu) Department of Psychiatry, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 919 286 0411 Ext 6933