Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/02

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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon
From: s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)
Date: Sat Oct 2 14:32:29 2004
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i just sold my .85 ttl to help with the R9
i had lots of problems with it
like my M3 a lot better.ordered one of these as second body
http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtr2ar3a.htm
hope that it will be nice.
simon jessurun
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon


> My 0.85 viewfinder on the M6 is the best of them all. That is the only
> Leica rangefinder body I have kept following my digital epiphany. And to
> make it even better, it is one of the "rare" non-TTL versions of the
> M6HM. Not that I care, I have already deflowered it from a collector's
> point of view by using it extensively since buying it a couple of years
ago.
>
> Nathan
>
> Didier Ludwig wrote:
>
> > same for me. but thats because we never had looked through a better one
> > before...
> >
> >> I'm perfectly happy with the viewfinder in my M6 (.72).  But that's
just
> >> me.
> >> -dan c.
> >>
> >> At 11:05 PM 02-10-04 +0200, Didier Ludwig wrote:
> >> >I would have agreed with you until I have seen the viewfinder
> >> >http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/static/image/2004/09/30/zeiss106.jpg
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>The new Zeiss Ikon will undoubtedly be priced to be a bargain
> >> compared with
> >> >>a comparable new Leica, but..there are many 2nd hand M6s on the
market
> >> >>which are in excellent condition and which can be bought for a
> >> song.   If I
> >> >>had a yearning for a quality rangefinder camera, I think I'd rather
> >> have a
> >> >>used M6 than a new Zeiss Ikon.
> >> >>-dan c.
> >
> >
> >
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> -- 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
>
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In reply to: Message from bladman99 at yahoo.ca (Dan C) ([Leica] Zeiss Ikon)
Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] Erwin Put's Take on New Rangefinders)
Message from bladman99 at yahoo.ca (Dan C) ([Leica] Zeiss Ikon)
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Zeiss Ikon)
Message from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Zeiss Ikon)