Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 08 August 2001, George Day wrote: > > One wee thoughts about R8's: if you're after a high-end manual focus system, > you owe it to yourself at least to check out a venerable Contax RTS III. > The III is, without a doubt, one of the best 35mm pro bodies ever built, > especially for studio work. Personally -- just personally, please don't > flame me here -- while I like the *look* of the R8, I prefer the III's > controls by quite a bit and the viewfinder by far. The camera is built like > a tank, the motor drive makes the R8's look silly, the size is quite > reasonable and...perhaps best of all...the Zeiss lenses are really as good > as it gets for 35mm and often at a fraction of the cost of Leica glass > (although still pricey). > > OTOH I've read that the RTS III's viewfinder display is unreadable under some light conditions and for long lenses Contax owners use 400mm and 560mm Telyts adapted to the Contax mount. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/