[Leica] Re: MF cameras (formerly Seagull)

[lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

On Feb 25, 2007, at 7:17 PM, Don wrote:

> Larry,
> With Rolleicords just over $100 why would I spend more for a not so  
> good
> camera.  Why let the bad drive out the good?  Yashicamats can be  
> very good
> but somewhat variable but the G model is priced very foolishly  
> compared to
> Rolleicords.  Then their are all the Autocords and whatnot from the
> fifties.  Sometimes new is not better, but M8's can only be had new  
> right
> now.  :)

Actually my MF camera is a Kodak Medalist II, modified by Ken Ruth to  
use 120 film. It is built solid as a rock and weighs like one too. It  
has the best lens Kodak ever made. It is a RF camera with all the  
good and bad that goes with it. The frame size is 6x9 cm, 50% larger  
than the wimpy Rolleis and Hassys. I bought it when I worked at a  
newspaper since it was far easier to schlepp around than a Speed  
Graphic. At the time I was criticized for using a "miniature."

I have to confess that I haven't used it seriously in more than a  
decade. Digital now satisfy most of my imaging needs. I'm waiting for  
the early adopters to dump their M8s when the M9 comes out.

Larry Z