Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh Marc, You misunderstand. I don't dislike the IIIc. It's the only Leica camera I own that I actually carry in my jeans pocket when I go for a walk. But I can't tell an owner of an autofocus Nikon F5 system to sell it and buy a IIIc instead, especially with an add-on self timer and flash sync. I actually thought that part was a joke but I didn't see a smiley. I really admire your love of the older gear and the history behind it. And I read your book and like it. But you have to admit the IIIc and Contax II is not for everybody. Oh, and I also have an M4. Regards, Len On Oct 23, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Marc James Small wrote: > At 06:40 PM 10/23/2007, Leonard Taupier wrote: > >Marc, > > > >Did you read Justin's original post where he said > > > >"I'm looking for a good working camera, not a > >collector's item." > > > > <sigh> You folks just love to bash the IIIc but it is the least > expensive and the most flexible of all Leica cameras. Some hate it > for reasons which seem to me so very murky as to be really > obscure. It is a great camera. It can be had cheap. It has > hundreds of add-ons and doo-dads. I do not believe that anyone > "collects" the IIIc. It is a tool, just like the wristwatch. > > If you have questions, pray, read my book on LTM camera lenses: I > pretty honestly set out my adulation for the camera there. Bear in > mind that I REALLY regard the Contax II as the ultimate P&S camera > but I also love the Leica IIIc. Sunny 16 rules, of course. > > Marc > > > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information