Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/04

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Subject: Re: Leicaflex
From: Don McClure <mcclure1@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 21:58:33 -0500

KEITH R. STETSON wrote:
> 
> As a recent subscriber, I was glad to see a brief flurry of
> messages regarding Leica R cameras.  At the risk of starting
> a series of responses pointing out my folly, it seems to me
> that one of the least inexpensive ways to experience Leitz
> optics is to get an original Leicaflex with a 50/2 Summicron-R
> lens.  This appeals because the camera was made in Germany,
> and the one-cam lenses are considerably cheaper than the
> later varieties of lenses for the R cameras.  Comments?
> 
> Keith Stetson

I have a "diesel" Leicaflex and love it. It's heavier than a Nikon F (or
seems so), handles beautifully and is gorgeously built. Since it doesn't
have a ground glass surrounding the microprism in the viewfinder its a
pain to focus in low light, however. Not a camera for somebody in a
hurry. I found a single cam 135 Elmarit for it in a shop in Louisville
last summer for $100. I wouldn't trade it for a stack of plastic
Pentaxes.