[Leica] OT: Contax T

[leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric)]

The T is like a mini M7  - an aperture priority RF camera.
The T3 is like a mini Minilux.

Having shot with both, I prefer the T.
The T3 lens IS better though.

Eric


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PMCC" <pmcc_2000@yahoo.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:48 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Contax T


> I'd be interested in your reasons for
> prefering the T3, besides the availability
> of current production.  Does it have a
> manual rangefinder and instant shutter
> release?  We can take this offline if it's
> too OT for this list.
> 
> rgds
> Peter C.
> California USA
> 
> --- Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote:
> 
> > The lens on the Contax T is very good, but it weighs
> > a ton. You could
> > probably stand on it. I paid $400 for mine, but it
> > was in excellent
> > condition. The parts are as scarce as hen's teeth.
> > I'd buy a T3 (if that
> > is the newest model) if I had it to do all over
> > again.
> > 
> > Jeffery Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org]
> > On Behalf Of PMCC
> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 3:34 PM
> > To: lug@leica-users.org
> > Subject: [Leica] OT: Contax T
> > 
> > OK LUG brainiacs out there, who knows
> > something about the Contax T (not T2, T3
> > or T whatever)?
> > 
> > Intrigued by the piece on Dante's website,
> > I decided to check one out at the neighborhood
> > camera shop.  Nice looking cosmetics and
> > appears (without running and processing a
> > test roll) to work.   This one is black.
> > 
> > Here's the question:  on the inside surface
> > of the camera back there are two shallow
> > vertical slots in which thin metal rails are
> > inset.  One of them has been glued back in,
> > the other one is completely missing.  They
> > appear to press up against the spring on the
> > black of the film pressure plate when the 
> > camera is closed. But neither the camera shop 
> > guy nor I can figure out the exact function and
> > thus don't know if its absence is critical.  No
> > body appears to fix these things.  Can anybody
> > help?  Also, what would you as a knowledgeable
> > Contax T user/fan be willing to pay for one of 
> > these, as a pocket take-along camera?  Other
> > considerations?  I know you folks are a fund of
> > arcane
> > information and trenchant opinions,
> > so let's have it.  Off line if the crowd objects to
> > excessive onlist traffic. Thanks!
> > 
> > rgds
> > Peter Choy
> > California USA
> > 
> > 
> > 
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