Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/24

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Subject: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Fri Jun 24 11:55:56 2005

Yep, and loved it. It was the start of my mad-ass camera buying. I
didn't shoot much at all for about 16 years. Then I decided to dig out
my Auto-S3 and do some shooting. Well, I looked for about 2 weeks, said
to hell with it, and bought a Popular Photography to find a new RF.
Whoah!! Only two 35mm RF's listed...the Leica and the Contax. Since it
was an impulse buy, I bought the Contax G2 system only to find out that
it is a P&S and not an RF. Grrrrrr!!!!! Then, within a month, the RF
market opens up with the launching of the Bessa R and the Hexar RF.

About 20 RFs later, I still want a replacement for the Auto S3 (I've
never found it and think it might have been lifted by the termite
inspector). I got a Yashica RF on ebay (broken), a Rollei RF on ebay
(broken), and a Konica III on ebay (works, but is really, really heavy).

But at $600, I'm not getting a Yasuhara. By the way, does it have an
exposure meter?

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 Didier
Ludwig
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 8:36 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?


Have you ever tried a Konica Auto S3?
Didier

>... Right now, the camera that fits that
>description most closely would be the Bessa R with the 35/2.5 pancake 
>on it. A fixed lens RF more along the size of the Leica CL would be 
>nice.
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>http://www.400tx.com

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Replies: Reply from langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer) ([Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?)
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