[Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?

[langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)]

Have you considered a Minolta CLE?  Granted, it is an interchangable
lens camera, but offers either metered semi-auto, or totally manual. 
A really nice camera too.

Mark

On 6/24/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the offer. :-) What I really want is a totally manual one (I
> didn't much like the shutter speed priority of the S3) but with a light
> meter. I've gotten to the point that I shoot a f/2.8 or wider open. For
> me, the functionality of the R3a is about as close as I can get to
> perfection with size/weight and functionality.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark
> Langer
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 2:07 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one?
> 
> 
> Probably the reason why there aren't fixed lens RFs about the size of a
> Leica CL is that the market is awash with excellent ones used.  Why
> plunk down big bucks for a new one, when you can get a Minolta 7SII or
> 9, a Konica Auto S3 or S2, a Canon G17QL, etc, etc. for a relative
> bargain?  In the same way that a large used market for M Leicas cuts
> into the sales base for new M Leicas, so too do these cut into the sales
> base for the rangefinder of your dreams.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On 6/24/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote:
> > I think that the void existing in the RF area now is the small, light,
> 
> > fixed-lens RF rather than the large, heavy, substantial RF. I
> > generally avoid carrying a larger camera. Right now, the camera that
> > fits that description most closely would be the Bessa R with the
> > 35/2.5 pancake on it. A fixed lens RF more along the size of the Leica
> 
> > CL would be nice.
> >
> > Jeffery Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> > http://www.400tx.com
> >
> >
> 
> 
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