Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Prices on the 645RF have been reasonable. The lenses are still a bit slow. Check www.KEH.com. They had a LN wide angle lens fairly cheap. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:42 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] I may buy another film camera... ...something I thought to be very unlikely. But last week I played with Michiel's Bronica MF rangefinder at a meeting of a camera club we both belong to, and I fell in love with it. I have owned a MF rangefinder before, the Fuji "Texas Leica", but got tired of it eventually--too big, too plasticky, lens too slow (5.6) and not interchangeable. The Bronica RF is lovely--smaller than the Fuji, solid like a Leica M, a choice of 3 lenses, and a viewfinder and rangefinder that is much better than I remember the Fuji to be. The lenses are not that fast--f4--but at least faster than the Fuji and the focal length of the most common lens is more usable too (equivalent to roughly 35mm). The thought of doing street photography with a rangefinder but getting a 6x4.5 negative is very appealing indeed. Nathan -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information