[Leica] Zeiss Ikon

[s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)]

Oops i happen to like bottom loading to .Less chance of breaking something .
But akward on a stand .
simon
from rainy amsterdam

> I don't use an external finder with the 28, and I can do fine with the
> bottom loader, and I don't use flash with my Ms...But our idiosyncrasies
> are not good marketing tools... ;-)
> 
> Hey, folks, step right up and buy this camera that has a quirky loading
> design that hasn't been updated since the 1920s, a top shutter speed
> that was considered fast in 1955, and flash sync that was really hot in
> the days when our granddads' used flash bulbs!  Oh, yah, they're going
> to rush right up for that one...:-)
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Steve Unsworth
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 7:10 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon
> 
> 
> Well, I don't use flash, I've always found 1/1000 fast enough, I prefer
> a bottom loader (strange but true!) and I like to use a 28mm lens
> without resorting to an external viewfinder.
> 
> Other than that I agree totally with you that the Zeiss _may_ be a
> better camera ;-)
> 
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of B. D. Colen
> Sent: 02 October 2004 22:51
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon
> 
> 
> One thing to keep in mind about the Zeiss, guys - assuming that it's a
> really well built, solid body: If you can buy a new Zeiss with a good
> warranty for what you can buy a used M6 for, why would you be buying an
> M6 with a slower flash sync, slower top shutter speed, bottom loading,
> and lower viewfinder magnification - other than to buy a red dot. And
> all of that is assuming that the Zeiss is a high quality body. I'd
> suggest that we may not only be at the end of the age of film, but if
> this camera is as good as promised, we may also be at the end of the age
> in which one automatically goes for the Leica M assuming it to be
> superior to everything else.
> 
> But who knows, it may turn out that it is still superior. :-)
> 
> 
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