Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's an inoperative one at KEH (no good) and a nice one on ebay for only $3,659 (really, really no good). 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 4:03 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one? Well, given that it is Friday, if you are ready to take the plunge, why not put a WTB on LUG? You might get one at a more attractive price. And don't forget to check the completed auctions on eBay, which might provide a more realistic (and lower) price guide for a private transaction on LUG. Good luck, and let me know if you get one. Mark On 6/24/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote: > I'll monitor KEH and some of the other places for a CLE body and see > what they are going for these days. Thanks for the info! > > 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 3:32 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one? > > > No, the light meter on the Minolta works differently. You turn on the > power by a tiny switch on the front of the camera. The meter itself > is activated by the lightest touch of your finger on the shutter > release button. That will activate the meter long enough for you to > get a reading (shutter speed is visible in the viewfinder) and then it > turns itself off. The shutter lever doesn't protrude at all. > > I've used the CL and the Minolta, and the Minolta has some advantages. > It meters off the shutter curtain and during exposure, off the film > itself (it was the first camera to do this) Its rangefinder has a > wider base than the CL -- enough so that I can accurately focus my > 100mm f2 Canon lens wide open with it, so I think the 40/1.4 would be > no problem. In fact, I'm thinking of getting one of these myself. > Right now, I pretty much have the DV 28/3.5 permanently mounted on my > CLE, but I really like 40mm as a focal length. Anyway, I've used the > CV Bessa, which is a nice camera but I prefer the CLE. > > Mark > > On 6/24/05, Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote: > > I had a Leica CL but am left-eyed. As a result, I couldn't use the > > light meter as the lever had to be in the back position in the > > middle of my forehead. > > > > But I did like the camera. Does the Minolta lever also have to be in > > the film advance ready position? The Voigtlander 40/1.4 would be > > really nice on that camera. > > > > 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 3:11 PM > > To: Leica Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Yasuhara Reccieved Quick Review--why buy one? > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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