A friend of mine loaned me an old Canon 35mm Leica thread mount lens to try out. Perhaps you could search out older lenses instead of the offerings from Bessa (or is it Voightlander?) My Leica thread mount lenses include an old Canon 28, a Nikkor 135 and 35mm, and a old 90mm Elmar.
Jim A. > From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:53:02 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: way OT: Voigtlander Bessa lenses > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:54:03 -0400 > > I would love to buy a Bessa T or R, because I tried them out a while > back and liked them a lot, but I've been looking around for lenses and > it looks like the lenses are several hundred $ each no matter where I > look. Am I missing something or will I really have to pay tons of money > for each lens if I start building a rangefinder system? Sorry for the OT > post but I'd rather not deal with Leica-only snobs online. ;) >

