Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recently lent a friend my M2 and Summarit 50/1.5. He had been using a Pentax ME Super with a 50 or 55 mm lens -- I can't remember which. We had a discussion of how rangefinders are different from SLRs, and how old German lenses are different from modern Japanese ones, so he borrowed the camera and had some fun using it. He now would like to buy himself something along the lines of a Leica rangefinder, but he's on a student's budget. I suggested a Zorki 4K and a Jupiter-3, warning him that he might have to exchange them if he found manufacturing defects. He lives in Cambridge (England) but goes into London often enough. Is there a shop in London where he might find some screw-mount Leicas, Canons, and Zorkis? Second, I'm going to a conference in France and will be stopping in Munich for a few days (well, from here in California they look pretty close to each other). Can someone on the list recommend shops there that have lots of old Leicas and are friendly to people who just want to look around and may not buy anything? (B+H in New York, for example, is a good shop, but not for people who don't know what they want or if they want anything.) Thanks, Patrick