Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with Steve. But your usage may be different. I am mostly photographing my son now, and changing finders for focusing to framing is too inconvenient, and loses too many shots. If I were doing static shots, no problem with changing finders. I shoot Leica M, LTM, Contax IIa and Nikon RF (and Leica SLR, Rolleiflex, Nikon F), and in RF, by far the best is the M series. I've played with Bessa in the store - their viewfinder is pretty good and feature-for-feature - they give Leica a serious run for your money. regards, Vick Steve Unsworth wrote: >Justin > >Start saving for an M :-) > >Seriously the IIIC is a fine camera, but the viewfinder on the M series is >so much better, loading film is easier and changing lenses is faster. As an >introduction to rangefinder cameras - at the time I had an auto everything >Pentax - it's fine but personally I soon found myself wanting something more >user friendly. Remember you can probably buy one, use it for a while, and if >it's not quite what you want, sell it without loosing any money. > >If I was in your position I'd be tempted to buy a user M2 (guess which model >the first M I bought was :-) and a modern Voigtlander lens to go with it. I >chose the M2 over the M3 because the M2 had 35mm framelines, something the >M3 doesn't have. > >This is just my personal opinion, others may disagree - and this is the LUG >so I expect disagreement :-) > >Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Justin Low >Sent: 28 June 2003 13:47 >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica IIIc - First RF? > > >Steve, > >Any words of wisdom from that experience? > >Justin > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Steve Unsworth >Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 7:35 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica IIIc - First RF? > > >This is exactly how I got into the wacky world of Leica few years ago. I >bought a user IIIC and the rest is history, expensive history mind you >:-) > >Steve > > > >-- >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