Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Bessaflex from Voigtlander has the brightest viewfinder I've ever seen in an SLR. A Voigtlander body with a Pentax 50/1.4 Takumar from KEH or ebay would be wonderful. At 07:04 AM 10/6/2004, you wrote: >In a message dated 10/5/2004 10:12:40 PM Central Standard Time, >nathan.wajsman@planet.nl writes: >figure this will warm the hearts of the film dinosaurs on the list :-) >But it is a legitimate request. A friend of mine needs a manual focus, >manual everything SLR camera with standard lens for her teenage son's >photography class, and has asked my help in choosing one. I guess the >default recommendation is a Pentax K1000 or possibly ME Super; but what >are similar offerings from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Minolta? It has to be >2nd hand, since all their new cameras are autofocus which is out for >this purpose. > >TIA > >Nathan >-- >The Bessaflex is not cheap, but is available new from Gandy's Cameraquest. >Also Nikon, Pentax, and maybe Olympus still sell Manual focus cameras, all >made by Cosina, btw. Check B&H ads in US Camera mags. > >Regards, >Sonny >http://www.sonc.com >Natchitoches, Louisiana >Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >?galit?, libert?, crawfish > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information