Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, Jay, I'm gonna speak my piece about this. I am not sure which 21 you have, but I'm using the 35 Summicron on my CL, and loving it. I sometimes put my 28 elmarit on the little pip-squeak, and have violated the rules with my tele-elmarit on there too, shooting at f2.8, which is not supposed to be done. (sigh) It works. The CL gets lots of flak from people who think it not a true Leica, but when the truth comes out, it seems to play nicely with my Leica Lenses. It is smaller, lighter and people who know nothing about Leicas have no idea that it was made in Japan, nor do they care. I carry mine all the time, forsaking my dear M6 unless I need two bodies. Thus, I always have a camera available. I cannot use the excuse, "Oh, I do not have a camera with me, therefore I cannot take a picture of this wonderful decisive moment." I like the looks of the Bessa. I would have possibly bought the Bessa, if this CL and sent a transponder signal to my radar, and said "Buy me, I promise you won't regret it." But the CL has a cool working spotmeter. People have parts for it, and have the skills to fix it. It is pretty in an industrial kind of way. Even the M6 marks you as a guy who is a "photographer," and people get wary of you, because you might be carrying all kinds of accessories in your bag. This CL is so great, because I can put the 35mm on it, and the 90 in my pocket, or the other way around, and off I go. The other day a woman said, "I've never seen a camera like that; my husband has a camera that's ten years old, and it still takes good pictures. " I told her, "This one is 30 years old and still takes good pictures too." I think it does. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com > Jay Burleson wrote: > > > OK, here's my plan. Please feel free to tell me I'm nuts. > > I would like a second body of some kind. > > I was thinking about using it for wide-angle lenses only. > > For my 21 and 35, with viewfinders. > > So I don't need a M6, but I want and must have a built-in meter. > > So, I can use either a Bessa T, or a CL. > > I like the idea of a CL, keeping the equipment within the family, so to > > speak. (Snobby, ain't I?) > > But the Bessa is a good price and a new camera. > > So I'd like to here from folks that use one or the other, and maybe somebody > > who uses both. Especially with 21-35mm lenses. > > Metering quality? Etc., etc. > > > > Thank you kindly, > > > > Jay Burleson > > "It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious > > of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has > > done for > > each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return. " > > Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. > > UPDATED 5-30-01: http://www.jayburleson.com/ > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html