[Leica] My new pocket camera

[langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)]

Well, by all means give it a whirl.  I was just saying that that for
the same money, you could get the Vivitar 35ES, which is a Konica Auto
S3 with a different name on it.  They weren't sold in North America
but aren't hard to find in Europe and are a fraction of the price of
an Auto S3.  25EUR isn't going to break the bank though, and if it is
the Canonet with the f1.7 lens, that is a good price for it.  Less of
a steal if it is one of the f2.8 models.

Mark

On 7/22/05, nathan.wajsman@planet.nl <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> Thanks for the information. Let me just clarify that I am shooting
> mostly digital now and if I buy this Canonet it will be just a pure
> whim, which I permit myself given the low price of 25 EUR.
> 
> I already have a Leica CL, and I also kept my Leicaflex SL, so I am not
> totally bereft of film cameras. It would just be fun to try out
> something else, that's all.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
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> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: Mark Langer <langeratcarleton@gmail.com>
> Datum: vrijdag, juli 22, 2005 5:29 pm
> Onderwerp: Re: [Leica] My new pocket camera
> 
> > >
> > Nathan,
> >
> > I had the Canonet QL17 GIII (the model you are looking at might be
> > different.)  It was built like a tank.  The downside was that it also
> > weighed like a tank, which is why I sold it.  This is a much favoured
> > camera among fans of 70s Japanese rangefinders, but for my money, if
> > you are getting a camera larger than a subcompact, I'd go for the
> > Konica Auto S3 or, if you want full manual as an option, the Minolta
> > 7SII.  Any of the last generation of Japanese rangefinders that
> > followed the big classics (Canonet QL17, Minolta 7, 9, 11, Konica Auto
> > S2) are similar to the S3 or 7SII, and are more compact than their
> > predecessors.  Steve Gandy's CameraQuest website has lots of
> > information about these.
> >
> > Unless you are just looking for an inexpensive beater, if you are
> > going for something the size of the Canonet, which is bigger and
> > heavier than the Leica CL or Minolta CLE, get the CL or CLE.  If you
> > want something that size, you may as well go for something with
> > interchangable lenses.  If having a built in meter is not an issue for
> > you, in compact interchangable lens rangefinders, I'd recommend the
> > Diax IIb with its nice Schneider lenses as a budget alternative to the
> > CL and CLE.  But then, you don't get to use your Leica lenses.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
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