Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > >What is a Bessa R3A? This is the first I have heard of it, and I cannot >find anything intellibigle (by me) on it. > Marc, as I understand it, the R3A is to be introduced at Photokina. This is what the gentleman had to say about it when asked the same question as you've asked me: " The R3A is a whole new camera with a newly-designed long-base rangefinder, new film rewind, and the same shutter and aperture priority auto. The move to electronically timed shutters was necessitated.(because) The mechanically timed shutter used in previous Cosina/Voigtlander cameras is no longer made and supplies have run out." You can read the entire discussion here: http://www.beststuff.com/forum/list.php?f=21 Walker