Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have owned and shot with many over the years. it is a precise Exakta. A Lefty's camera. A Superb piece of workmanship and it delivered stunning images. Wish I had kept them. If you have the opportunity to acquire one at a non Leica price do so Like a Leica it is not for everyone but, like a Leica M, it is a "perfect" machine Mark On Jul 24, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Ric Carter wrote: > i remember an almost identical experience with alpa in Greensboro > > i also fanticized over an M i knew i could never afford > > bought a Fujica ST-701 and later 801 > > ric > > > On Jul 24, 2012, at 8:31 PM, Bill Pearce wrote: > >> I remember fooling around with on in a camera store in the early >> seventies. At that time I was shooting a Nikon F, and before that a >> Spotmatic, and the Alpa was an ergonomic nightmare. A beautiful well made >> piece of fine Swiss nightmare. Everything seemed to work either upside >> down or backwards from any other camera in the world. The owner, a >> friend, recognised my discomfort and told me that he agreed, but it was >> so well made and the results were so good, that he didn't care and used >> one. The lenses had a very high rating. Like all things Swiss, it was >> beautifully made, but operation was a real challenge. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information