Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Woo Hoo! A nice gift - I love my R3. I think yours probably just needs a battery - it is an electronic shutter and it sounds like the mechanical backup is all that is working. I don't know what you shoot most, but I started with a 50 Summicron and it was amazingly sharp, and incredibly flare-resistant. I sold it and got the Summilux and it is even more amazing. I recommend either of those. I also have a 70-210 f4 zoom and it is not up to snuff with the Summilux (no big surprise) but still a good lens with a very useful range. If I could afford it, I'd get an 80 Summilux and a 280 f4 APO instead, but there is a slight price difference, if you know what I mean ;) Have fun with the R3! Oh, yea, and don't give up on the M - you really need both and R and an M system I think. - - marc David Regan wrote: >Hello Listers! > >A few weeks ago I had posted about a failed attempt by my mother to buy me >an M6 for Christmas. Well... >This weekend while she was at an estate sale on the Island with Martha >Stewart, she was able to pick me an R3 body on the cheap. I haven't seen it >yet, that is the cheese to get me to come home to visit. >However, she says that it only seems to work on the B and X setting. I am >new to Leica's, so does anyone have any advice on a lens for this? I will >wait for repair advice once I see it. >Thanks for the help, >Dave > - -- *** Marc Attinasi *** * mailto: marc@attinasi.org * * http://www.attinasi.org * - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html