Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are Russian copies of Leica screwmounts....most folks on this list can tell you far more about them than I....There are also the Leica screwmounts themselves to consider...a good clean IIIc or F can be a joy to use...And don't neglect to look at the Canon screwmount cameras...or, for that matter, the new Bessa R, which will take any Leica screw mount lens, is a new camera, has a 1.2000 of a second shutter.....THe point is, there are relatively inexpensive ways to start into the world of interchangable lens rangefinder cameras.....THEN come the Ms....and bankrupcy..:-) B. D. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Fernando > Martins > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 6:19 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] a question regarding the R3 > > > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > > > If you are a Nikon shooter who wants to get into rangefinders, a Leica R > > system is NOT what you are looking for. All you will be doing > is trading one > > reflex for another. Yes, you will get Leica glass. But that's > only a small > > part of what makes an M an M. Far more important is the fact > that it is a > > rangefinder camera, a compact, quiet, unobtrusive little box > with which you > > view the world through a picture window with frame lines. Using it is > > philosophically/artistically, different from using an SLR. > There are lots of > > ways to get into rangefinders without buying an M - a screw > mount Leica, a > > screwmount Canon, a Russian copy, etc. You'd be better off with > any of these > > than with an R, if what you want is the rangefinder world. > > thanks. I think you're right. I already entered (sort of) in the world of > rangefinders (with non-interchangeble lenses). I have 5 Yashicas and > 4 Canons. I love the Canonet GIII QL17, I carry it always with me, > and the lens does allow me to take some very good looking pictures. > > maybe I'll buy a Russian copy... where you referring to a Canon with > M mount? does that exist? or is it screw mount? > > > best regards, > > Fernando Martins > Systems Administrator > fer@caleida.pt > http://fernando.somewhere.net/ > >