Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Alexander, Besides my Leica, I have two Pentax SLR bodies and several lenses. One of the bodies is the wonderful, manual Pentax LX. It shares some of the Leica M6's virtues: nice design, traditional, shutter operates with dead battery (at 1/75 sec. and faster speeds). Also, you can get many good lenses for it, both Pentax and independent. It is not cheap, however--a new one lists for $1200 (body only) at B&H Photo in New York. For lower-cost alternatives, there is the Pentax ME Super (second-hand only). There is also a new, manual focus Pentax (the model designation escapes me) that was reviewed in the current issue of Practical Photography and got good scores, but I would not like it--it is too modern and too dependent on electronics. I am sure there are similar offerings in the Nikon/Minolta/Olympus/Canon world. The thing I like about Pentax is that their lens mounts have not changed with the switch to autofocus (except for some electronic contacts, of course) which means that my old manual focus lenses are usable on my autofocus Pentax, and my new autofocus lenses can be used on the old LX. I believe that only Pentax has this backward compatibility. Nathan Alexander en Katinka Koning wrote: > Dear Luggers, > > Since the majority of us probably didn't start with a Leica, I wonder if > you can help me with the choice between the different brands like > Minolta, Canon, Nikon or Pentax. I rather buy a non-AF camera, because I > like to spend my money rather on a good lens than on electronical > gadgets. Ideally I prefer a lens or a serie of lenses that resembles the > leica the most. Thank you in advance. > > Yours sincerely, > > Alexander Koning - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html