Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a bit of a problem with the Leica III cameras in that looking
through the viewfinder seems to give me instantaneous eyestrain. There
is something about that viewfinder that doesn't agree with my eyes. And
the biggest problem with the Leica III's and the early Leica M cameras
is that the viewfinder and hard metal advance lever gouge my eyeglasses
(eyeglasses were glass when those cameras were made). I've gouged over
$1,000 worth of eyeglasses with my Leica M3 and a few Russian RFs.
Internal light meters are also a welcome feature. I've been more
inclined to carry a Bessa R3a now that it has a small, fast lens on it.
That may cure me of my fixed lens rangefinder envy.
-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
mak@teleport.com
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:31 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?
Why would anyone want to purchase an American made Kardon for $2500? A
British made Reid for $2000? A Japanese Made Kwanon for $20,000 when you
can buy a real really nice IIIc or IIIf for $400?
1. It is fun and funky
2. They did not make many of them
3. I can use a fun and funky camera, show it off and loan it to fellow
Leica nut friends (www.bluemooncamera.com) and maybe sell it ina year or
a decade for probably as much or more than I paid for it...
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Smith <wrs111445@yahoo.com>
Sent: Jun 24, 2005 6:17 AM
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: RE: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?
I hate to ask a dumb question, but why would anyone want to buy a
Chinese- made Yasuhara for $600 when you can buy a solid, proven Canon
model P for 1/2 that much?
Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote:I'm pleased to hear that there
doesn't appear to be a light leak problem. I would welcome a fixed lens
RF from Cosina even if it was put in a plastic R type of body. But I
suspect that this remaining stock of Yasuharas will be the last fixed
lens rangefinders I'll see in my lifetime.
Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of GREG
LORENZO
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 7:03 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review
mak@teleport.com writes in part:
> Just received my Yasuhara from the Lomography guys took about a week.
> Camera was new boked and they included a delightful large envelope
> filled with images books and goodies.
>
> I LIKE BESSA R CAMERAS A GREAT DEAL SO FORGIVE ME
>
> The fit and finish seem better than my many Bessa R R2 cameras.
>
> Bessas are a delight they ONLY flaw I have found is the tendency for
> the paint to fly off the black lenses and the R2...
>
> It's not a Leica but better than a Bessa...
>
The proof is in the pudding, not the recipe. Let us know the quality of
the output when you get back a developed roll or two?
Regards,
Greg
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