Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yikes, I didn't even notice that. I didn't want to handle the fellow's camera TOO long (someone had it in a coffee shop in Algiers). I do wear glasses and didn't have trouble seeing the frame lines for his 35mm Zeiss lens. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter Klein Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:51 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: Was RE: [Leica] DSLR choice - now Zeiss-Ikon Jeffery: Do you wear glasses? If so, how is the Zeiss' eye relief compared to an M .72x viewfinder? --Peter At 06:25 PM 1/11/2006 -0800, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: >I've handled the new Zeiss-Ikon rangefinder, and it's not in Leica's >league. Not to say that it's bad. I would put it a cut above the Bessa >R2a, though the two are very similar in layout. It looks like the body >was inspired by the Leica M5 (kind of boxy with the rewind knob >recessed on the bottom). Like the Bessas and Leicas, the viewfinder is >very VERY bright. And the sound of the shutter is closer to Leica M7 >than the Bessa. It doesn't have the heft of a Leica M6, and the metal >seems less substantial (I had to tap it a lot with my fingernail to >ascertain that the top was metal). What it comes down to is, would you >rather have an M7 or something that costs 1/2 of the M7 that may last >as long as film does (and the latter is disappearing fast!). _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information