[Leica] Dumb list?

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Jan,

you're probably right - my personal list would 
definitely include one of the Yashica RF cameras 
(probably the GX).
I also have a soft spot for their FX-D SLR, even though 
it's completely battery dependent - with the Zeiss 
pancake, if you like.

A Rollei 35 SE might also just find its way in, too.

I'm also mad enough to put a Rollei 3003 on my list - 
in my opinion, an absolutely marvellous camera concept

BTW, I have three A1s. Maybe I've been lucky, none of 
them has given me any problems (yet), except that one 
has gone "asthmatic" on me. (1 bought almost new, 
because I couldn't afford an F1 or a Leica at the time 
- and 2 picked up recently on a flea market in Berlin 
and at the local photographic shop here in 
Hannover-Misburg).

Sch?ne Gr??e
Douglas




On 06.05.2011 20:03, Jan Decher wrote:
> I am sure everybody's list would look different.  I think the objective 
> here
> was to include some really cheap and some more expensive cameras.  Mine
> would definitely rule out the Canon A1 because the one I bought new in 1979
> after a summer job  in the steel factory in Germany for 6 weeks was a huge
> headache and went back for electronic repairs several times.  I replaced it
> with the original F1 - excellent.
> My lower-end Canon to include would be the EF (solid, superb handling) or
> the FTb (best price-performance), nothing from the 80s (the dark decade
> design-wise IMO).
>   I would leave the R6 and the Hassi 500 on the list, maybe include the
> Olympus OM3 as a battery-independent SLR.
> The Contax Aria or S2 with Pancake Tessar would be on my list and something
> basic (Canon, Minolta Hi-matic?, Olympus RD) as a P&S rangefinder.
> Jan
>