Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually my 18 year old Pentax LX still is an excellent accessory to my M6. And IMO it has better build *quality* than the clunky Nikon F. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 01. lokakuuta 2000 22:48 Aihe: Re: [Leica] Leica R death <snip> >Years ago, the better pentaxes (spotmatic, MX, LX, etc.) were >nice "M" accessories...hehehe... > >But how 'bout the closest thing to an M camera (quality of build, >lens quality, etc)?......a Nikon F or F2, with standard eye-level >finder (no motor, for us purists)....equipped with late 60s-mid 70s >lenses?....the closest thing to the mechanical quality of an M camera >and its lenses....however, one must choose lenses carefully....some >were outstanding by even todays standards (24 2.8, 35 f2, 50, 105 2.5) >where others were just acceptable (28 3.5, early 28 2.8, early 85, etc.) > >Of the two, the F probably has the edge in build quality, but "minty" >ones are hard to find...($400 or so in todays market, IF you shop >around) The F2 has better 'feel', and 'looks', but is slightly more >complicated and has a coupla weak points that the F doesn't share. >(meter switch spring-even without a meter, shutter release stack can >break off easily, curtain brakes on VERY early ones gave a bit of >trouble, etc..) <snip>