Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree that, once you get into the rhythm of it, the Bessa-T is easy to use. I focus, then frame and set the exposure at the same time. At 09:21 PM 6/2/02, you wrote: >After all these years, I've finally taken some photos of my family >grasshopper last week with 90 Summicron and 75 Summilux. They are >right on. The finder is really bright and easy to focus. Also, I got >the Olive green T which really blends into the environment. >Surprisingly, the meter works too. It is not that difficult to use the >rangefinder and then switch to the external finder. The photos were >even taken handheld. > >Cheers, >Lee >Fellow LUGGER from Singapore > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> >Date: Monday, June 3, 2002 7:17 am >Subject: Re: [Leica] Off Topic: 101st Heliar Anniversary Bessa T > > > Not yet, but I plan to start taking it with me with Delta 400 in > > it. I have > > been steering clear of B&W lately simply because everything has > > change in > > the B&W world since I stopped developing my own in 1984. Sure, > > Rodinal is > > still around, but these new emulsions and developers seem much > > better to > > me. Some of my old favorites (H&W Control Pan) are extinct. > > > > But I'm going to get back into B&W. I'll post some stuff shot with > > the > > Heliar in a week or two. > > > > Jeffery Smith > > > > At 03:31 PM 6/2/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > >J > > >Wow, i like the look. Especially #1 > > >i can see something diff, since i don't shoot > > >color, have any b/w examples ? > > >-rcl > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com> > > >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > >Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 1:41 PM > > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Off Topic: 101st Heliar Anniversary Bessa T > > > > > > > > > > One of my favorite lens-body combinations. If you wear > > glasses, you may > > > > find the Bessa-T unnerving. It doesn't bother me much, but > > drives others > > > > crazy (hard to see framelines). I find that the focusing of > > this camera is > > > > far easier than most of my other rangefinders. And with the > > trigger>winder, > > > > I can shoot very quickly (I am left-eyed). > > > > > > > > The Heliar 50/3.5 is a phenomenally good lens if you can live > > with the > > >slow > > > > speed. It is quirky and takes some getting used to (you can > > change the > > > > f-stop by rotating the lens hood). The optics of this lens are > > >exceptional, > > > > and I feel that I am getting to the point that I can recognize > > which>images > > > > I have shot with the Heliar based on their appearance. I have > > some test > > > > shots posted at: > > > > > > > > http://www.jeffery-nola.com/images/Heliar_1.jpg > > > > http://www.jeffery-nola.com/images/Heliar_2.jpg > > > > http://www.jeffery-nola.com/images/Heliar_3.jpg > > > > > > > > I find the images taken with the Heliar to be clear, sharp, > > and with no > > > > suggestion of light fall-off anywhere. > > > > > > > > I am getting ready to sell my Leica CL + 40/2 simply because I > > use the > > > > Bessa-T far more often and find it much easier and quicker to use. > > > > > > > > I am probably the Bessa-T 101's most outspoken advocate. If > > you are a > > > > glasses wearer, you may wish to consider the issue of seeing the > > >framelines > > > > in the 50mm viewfinder. > > > > > > > > Jeffery Smith > > > > > > > > > > > > At 12:01 PM 6/2/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > > > >Has anyone on the list purchased the 101st Ann. Bessa T? > > > > > > > > > >If so, what do you think of this camera and its 50/3.5 lens? > > > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > > > > > >Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >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 > > > > -- > > 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