Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]if you shoot with the r system, u got try some the contax MF lenses. the 100/f2, the 100 makro, the 85 /1.4, the 50/1.4 and some of the exotic lens like the 28/2, 135/2, 85/1.2 and the 55/1.2 are just great not to mention the zoom's like the 35-70/3.4, 35-135. compared to a R8 system, a contax MF system with good lenses will cost a fraction. _____________________________________ Thanks, Mehrdad [-----Original Message----- [From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of ternahan [Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 5:19 PM [To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [Subject: Re: [Leica] Hybrid Leica M/Contax G systems [ [ [I got a G-1 when my R 6 had to be in the hospital after a bad fall for [several months. I like the fact that it is so much lighter and try to use [the rangefinder by presetting and shooting from the waist or chest. [trish [ternahan@gentlelens.net [ [ [> From: "David Kieltyka" <dkieltyka@csi.com> [> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 19:37:07 -0400 [> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> [> Subject: Re: [Leica] Hybrid Leica M/Contax G systems [> [> <DBaker9128@aol.com> wrote: [> [>> Do other Leica M owners on the LUG follow Davidson's practice [>> of mixing Contax with Leica? [> [> I do. But I use a pair of 1950s Contax cameras, IIa and IIIa, rather than [> the current G models. (I had a G2 for a couple years...awesome lenses but [> the lack of a proper manual focusing capability finally got to [me and I gave [> it up.) My main Domke 803 usually contains a Contax IIa with 21 [f/4.5 Zeiss [> Biogon, Leica M2 with 35 Summilux (pre-ASPH) and Leica IIIf with [an LTM 50 [> f/1.5 Zeiss Sonnar. One of the Domke's pouches holds an LTM 50 [f/3.5 Elmar [> that I sometimes use instead of the Sonnar or 'Lux. An alternate [> configuration consists of a 50 DR Summicron for the M2 and an [LTM 35 f/2.8 [> Biogon for the IIIf. The other 803 has a Contax IIIa with 50 f/1.5 Opton [> Sonnar, a Leica M3 with 90 Summicron (late 80s version) and [either a 135 f/4 [> Opton Sonnar for the Contax or a 135 f/4 Tele-Elmar for the M3. [I don't use [> the 135s often but they're great to have handy when I need the reach. An [> alternate configuration here is the DR Summicron for the M3 and an 85 f/2 [> Sonnar for the Contax. I always decide which bag I'm taking and [which lenses [> I'll be using before I go out. I hate changing lenses. :-) [> [> -Dave- [> [> [