Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]shhh! don't tell anyone.. but.. we are all snobs! oh - and yes, we like to take pictures.. snap away, Eric >I admit I am a newbie to the list and Leicas. This AE thing amazes me - has >no one used a brand, any brand, other than Leica for the last 20 years or >so? I started using aperture priority autoexposure in a Nikon F3 in the >early 1980s, and still do, on the same camera, and it still hardly ever >goes wrong. I got two each of the IIIf and M3 at an estate sale. The M3 is >pretty easy getting used to, but the IIIf, I must admit, is a bit of a >struggle... > Cheers > Jayanand Govindaraj > Chennai, India > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffery Smith" <jefferys@gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 7:54 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] BESSA R3A or M7 > > >> The shutter on the Zeiss Ikon is supposed to be identical (according >> to Shutterbug) to that of the Bessa R3a. Inasmuch as the R3a is less >> than 1/4 the cost of the M7, I'd opt for that one. I've been a big fan >> of aperture priority autoexposure ever since the Pentax ES came out a >> long time ago. >> >> Jeffery >> >> >> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:45:49 +0900, Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >I own a MP and M6, personally I'm not enthusiastic with the Automatic >>> >priority of the M7, I think I prefer a MP, but sometimes an Aperture >>> >Prioririty System could be very useful, if we expend 500$ instead of >>> >2500$ >>> >on a M7. >>> >>> >>> Why not split the difference and get a Zeiss Ikon? That's what I would >>> do. >>> >>> Karen >>> >>> -- >>> Karen Nakamura >>> http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ >>> http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >