Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I concur. It's about the closest you can come to a MF version of the M6. For now, anyway. (Hey, I keep hoping Leica will come out with their own MF rangefinder!) - --- Dan Honemann <danh@selectsa.com> wrote: > I had a chance to check out the new Bronica 645 RF > offering over the > weekend, and was duly impressed. It's quite > compact--roughly the same size > as the Fuji Whatever (their autofocus MF > rangefinder)--but it manually > focuses, and quite nicely, too. Big square > rangefinder patch in the middle > of the finder, which has frames for the 65 (filling > nearly the entire frame) > and a portrait orientation--which is a boon, I > suppose, for wedding and > other portrait photogs (I find it disorienting). > > The body + 65/4 lens runs $1800 US. They also have > a wider lens (40? can't > remember) that requires a separate finder, and plans > for a 135/4.5 (the > viewfinder framelines will adjust). $3000 gets you > the kit with all 3 > lenses. > > The lenses are leaf shutter and will synch up to > 1/750. > > I think anyone about to buy a Fuji or Mamiya RF may > do well to check out > this Bronica first. True, it's a 645 rather than a > 6 square or 6x7, but it > is not much bigger than a 35 RF, solidly built, very > quiet and unobtrusive. > > Dan > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/