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Subject: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?
From: langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)
Date: Fri Jun 24 14:20:13 2005
References: <ceb1a5650506241403422ef5f3@mail.gmail.com> <005201c57901$8ea62af0$5540e344@newukolbqveo9i>

Yipe!  $3,659 for a CLE!  Trust me, you can get a whole suitcase full
of CLEs in good working order for  $3,659.  By the way, check out
Steven Gandy's CameraQuest website and you'll find plenty of
information about the CLE there.

Mark

On 6/24/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote:
> There's an inoperative one at KEH (no good) and a nice one on ebay for
> only $3,659 (really, really no good).
> 
> 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 4:03 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?
> 
> 
> Well, given that it is Friday, if you are ready to take the plunge, why
> not put a WTB on LUG?  You might get one at a more attractive price.
> And don't forget to check the completed auctions on eBay, which might
> provide a more realistic (and lower) price guide for a private
> transaction on LUG.
> 
> Good luck, and let me know if you get one.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 6/24/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote:
> > I'll monitor KEH and some of the other places for a CLE body and see
> > what they are going for these days. Thanks for the info!
> >
> > 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 3:32 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?
> >
> >
> > No, the light meter on the Minolta works differently.  You turn on the
> 
> > power by a tiny switch on the front of the camera.  The meter itself
> > is activated by the lightest touch of your finger on the shutter
> > release button.  That will activate the meter long enough for you to
> > get a reading (shutter speed is visible in the viewfinder) and then it
> 
> > turns itself off.  The shutter lever doesn't protrude at all.
> >
> > I've used the CL and the Minolta, and the Minolta has some advantages.
> 
> > It meters off the shutter curtain and during exposure, off the film
> > itself (it was the first camera to do this)  Its rangefinder has a
> > wider base than the CL -- enough so that I can accurately focus my
> > 100mm f2 Canon lens wide open with it, so I think the 40/1.4 would be
> > no problem. In fact, I'm thinking of getting one of these myself.
> > Right now, I pretty much have the DV 28/3.5 permanently mounted on my
> > CLE, but I really like 40mm as a focal length.  Anyway, I've used the
> > CV Bessa, which is a nice camera but I prefer the CLE.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On 6/24/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote:
> > > 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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