Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/26

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M6 or....
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 08:36:27 -0400

Alex,

My advice is to find a nice used Leica M. If you find (you won't) that
rangefinders aren't for you then you can sell it for what you paid for or
it. If you buy the Bessa which is probably a fine camera you will still
want the Leica.

Ken Wilcox

At 7:30 -0700 5/25/1, a fine scholar, dxp wrote:

>I have been struggling these past couple of weeks with
>a decision.  I was nearly set to purchase an M6 with a
>50mm/f2 when I came up the Bessa R.
>
>There are some obvious differences -- and the most
>obvious is price.
>
>I would like to hear some advice from folks who
>started with a Bessa R and moved to the M6.  As this
>will be my first rangefinder...I don't want to make an
>egregious financial error.
>
>Thanks,
>Alex.
>
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