I agree. The Bessa-R is more camera, but the Leica has a mystique. I buy cameras that I like in addition to cameras that I need. It's like a Spotmatic vx. a Fujica 901. The Fuji might actually be a more capable screw mount camera, but the Spotmatic is a honey. Paul
Raimo Korhonen wrote: > > Not bad - but I think that Voigtl�nder Bessa-R at 275 $ would have been more > practical. > All the best! > Raimo > Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > > -----Alkuper�inen viesti----- > L�hett�j�: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Vastaanottaja: Pentax Discuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > P�iv�: 01. maaliskuuta 2003 21:49 > Aihe: OT: Leica Lust > > Some of you may remember that I bought a Russian Leica Clone at a camera > flea market last week. I really like the feel of that thing. I had a > Nikon rangefinder 25 years ago and loved it dearly, but it had been a > long time since I had held an RF camera. Well, the Russian clone won me > over and today I bought a CIII screwmount Leica. Nice toy for a fairly > modest investment. It's here: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2913669167&category=30030 > Paul > (Not ready for the Leica list :-)
