[Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?

[jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)]

I had a Leica CL but am left-eyed. As a result, I couldn't use the light
meter as the lever had to be in the back position in the middle of my
forehead.

But I did like the camera. Does the Minolta lever also have to be in the
film advance ready position? The Voigtlander 40/1.4 would be really nice
on that camera.

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 Mark
Langer
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 3:11 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?


Have you considered a Minolta CLE?  Granted, it is an interchangable
lens camera, but offers either metered semi-auto, or totally manual. 
A really nice camera too.

Mark

On 6/24/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the offer. :-) What I really want is a totally manual one 
> (I didn't much like the shutter speed priority of the S3) but with a 
> light meter. I've gotten to the point that I shoot a f/2.8 or wider 
> open. For me, the functionality of the R3a is about as close as I can 
> get to perfection with size/weight and functionality.
> 
> 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 Mark 
> Langer
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 2:07 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?
> 
> 
> Probably the reason why there aren't fixed lens RFs about the size of 
> a Leica CL is that the market is awash with excellent ones used.  Why 
> plunk down big bucks for a new one, when you can get a Minolta 7SII or

> 9, a Konica Auto S3 or S2, a Canon G17QL, etc, etc. for a relative 
> bargain?  In the same way that a large used market for M Leicas cuts 
> into the sales base for new M Leicas, so too do these cut into the 
> sales base for the rangefinder of your dreams.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On 6/24/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote:
> > I think that the void existing in the RF area now is the small, 
> > light,
> 
> > fixed-lens RF rather than the large, heavy, substantial RF. I 
> > generally avoid carrying a larger camera. 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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