Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gene I've a great idea. If I run across a Nikkormat we can make a swap for your dusty F3. :-) I missed a heck of an image years back because I was carrying two different bodies. An F3 and a Nikkormat. Since I always work by feel what I carry must feel the same. Actually, the Nikkormats were fine cameras and much better than the plastic throwaway stuff made today. Walt grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: >Walt I had 2 Nikkormats over the years and loved both. However they are no >longer supported by Nikon or any other repair facility I have been able to >find, so when they fail they are good only as paper weights. My F3 sits >and collects dust, well it really sits in a spare camera bag upstairs >unused. > >gene > > >-------------- Original message from Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com>: >-------------- > > > > >>I was making a comparison based upon spending a few hundred dollars or >>5000 Reichmarks and then looking at the results. Personally, I hate the >>Nikkormats but have a near new F3, 24,35,50 1.4, 55 2.8, 100 2.8 >>(Vivitar) and a 200 f4. (just looked in a drawer and found a Tamron >>19-35 and a Tokina doubler) I think I have too much unused junk and >>since this is Friday, I'm open for offers. :-) >> >>Keep shooting but watch out for sunspots >> >>Walt >> >>Douglas Herr wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Dec 7, 2006, at 5:16 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>What if the Nikkormat with a 50mm f2.0 provided a better finished >>>>product than your M8? >>>> >>>> >>>I don't see why someone who is interested in a digital rangefinder >>>would care how a film SLR of any vintage or capabilities compares. A >>>more logical comparison would be a film SLR and a digital SLR and in >>>this comparison for me from viewing prints the digital SLR (DMR in my >>>case) has pretty much replaced the film SLR at ISO 400 and above. BTW >>>I do have a recently-CLA'd Nikkormat FTN with 50mm f/2 lens (also 50mm >>>f/1.4 AIS, 55mm f/2.8, 200mm f/4 and 300mm f/4.5 ED non-IF). >>> >>>Doug Herr >>>Birdman of Sacramento >>>http://www.wildlightphoto.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 > > >