Mr. Sanderson?? Jeez, and we *were* on a first name basis, Mr. Theriault! ;-)
I have to agree on the older rangefinders though, some very quality and very fun stuff to be had. The example scan I showed from the Scan Dual IV was from a frame taken with a Minolta 7s II. One of my favorites. Don > -----Original Message----- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 6:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT - New toy: Petri 1.9 Color Corrected Super rangefinder <snip> > > I'll defer to Mr. Sanderson on the issue of price. > > But, I will say that all those many 60's Japanese rangefinders seem to > be great little cameras. Generally well made, pretty good, fastish > lenses, they take pretty good pix on the whole. > > And, for the most part (unless they're an unusual model), they can be > had pretty cheaply. I always thought that a big collection of them > would be fun. They'll never appreciate in value, but they'd be fun to > have... > > Congrats on yours, Fred. <snip> > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >
