Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --Cyberdog-AltBoundary-00009788 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >I've an M4-P that I picked up in a swap - my cost basis is quite low. Ser >no. is 1620XXX. No dings, some scratching, clear VF, CLA'd this year, small >chip on back door. Brassing at the lugs otherwise very pretty. I'm looking >at a mint F3HP w/ 55/2.8 micro Nikkor, also mint. The Leica may be worth a >bit more than the Nikon (within $150.00). I really would like to focus on my >son's face and hands while they're still small and cute. A micro and SLR w/ >meter would be a nice option to my M6. I know the camera and lens very well; I agree that maybe a 55 micro is not the ideal lens for the task, partly because of the short-ish focal length. You probably would want to install something other than the standard Nikon Type K viewscreen, with it's split-image center and microprism surround, as the lens is, after all, only an f/3.5. Among others, the 105 f/2.5 AI-S is excellent, though I don't recall that it had any particularly close focusing ability. The F3 is a lovely camera with a so-so nonstandard flash shoe contact (maybe consider the F3P, which may also be collectable?) and a fairly awkward exposure compensation dial typical of the era. Great as a manual camera, though. Don't overlook the N90s either. Main problem appears to be battery life. - --------------------------------------------------- Specializing in interesting, quality junk. Sherline items sought - --------------------------------------------------- - --Cyberdog-AltBoundary-00009788 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Cyberdog-MixedBoundary-00009789" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --Cyberdog-MixedBoundary-00009789 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <X-FONTSIZE><PARAM>12</PARAM><FONTFAMILY><PARAM>Palatino</PARAM>>I've an M4-P that I picked up in a swap - my cost basis is quite low. Ser >no. is 1620XXX. No dings, some scratching, clear VF, CLA'd this year, small >chip on back door. Brassing at the lugs otherwise very pretty. I'm looking >at a mint F3HP w/ 55/2.8 micro Nikkor, also mint. The Leica may be worth a >bit more than the Nikon (within $150.00). I really would like to focus on my >son's face and hands while they're still small and cute. A micro and SLR w/ >meter would be a nice option to my M6.</FONTFAMILY></X-FONTSIZE><SMALL= ER><X-FONTSIZE><PARAM>10</PARAM><FONTFAMILY><PARAM>Geneva</PARAM> I know the camera and lens very well; I agree that maybe a 55 micro is not the ideal lens for the task, partly because of the short-ish focal length. You probably would want to install something other than the standard Nikon Type K viewscreen, with it's split-image center and microprism surround, as the lens is, after all, only an f/3.5. Among others, the 105 f/2.5 AI-S is excellent, though I don't recall that it had any particularly close focusing ability. The F3 is a lovely camera with a so-so nonstandard flash shoe contact (maybe consider the F3P, which may also be collectable?) and a fairly awkward exposure compensation dial typical of the era. Great as a manual camera, though. Don't overlook the N90s either. Main problem appears to be battery life. - --------------------------------------------------- Specializing in interesting, quality junk. Sherline items sought - --------------------------------------------------- </FONTFAMILY></X-FONTSIZE></SMALLER> - --Cyberdog-MixedBoundary-00009789-- - --Cyberdog-AltBoundary-00009788--