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Subject: [Leica] The Leica CL ! or Bessa R3A ?
From: leicanikon at earthlink.net (Stephen Gandy)
Date: Fri Nov 12 13:42:01 2004
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Daniel ROCHA wrote:

> Stephen Gandy <leicanikon@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > for about the same money  ($599) you can get the Voigtlander Bessa
> > R3A with AE or metered manual, and a lovely 1:1 finder.
>
> Quite a good idea ! 1:1 finder ? Sorry for the dumb question, I'm not
> used to telemetric photography... 1:1 viewfinder will feet all the
> viewfinder with each lens ?

built in 40/50/75/90 brightlines
a GREAT idea, as it allows you to shoot with both eyes open, seeing far
beyond the edge of the framelines

> > It  starts
> > shipping in December.  the only thing the 3A  lacks compared to the
> > other two is the TTL flash on the CLE
>
> I don't take care about flash photography !
>
> > to me anyway, the R3A is a better camera than either the CL or CLE,
> > as well as a better long term choice after you look at the parts
> > situation.
>
> I'm impressed about these lens at +/- 350$ !
> http://www.cameraquest.com/voigt4014.htm
> It's good ?

have not shot it yet, however
all the CV lenses are far better than they should be for the price.  easy
best buy bargains.

> > the disclaimer is that I am also selling the R3A, but the reason I
> > started selling Voigtlander is that I liked the product line.
>
> Thanks to share your experience ! And waht about the noise of the camera
> shooting ?

quieter than the previous mechanical R2 by about 1/3 to my ears, but not as
quiet as a Leica M
Stephen

>
>
> http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtr2ar3a.htm
> It seems to be a great camera !
>
> http://www.davidrmunson.com/bloodinthesnow/archives/000393.html
>
> <> Daniel Rocha -  Photographie <>
>  http://www.monochromatique.com
>
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Replies: Reply from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] The Leica CL ! or Bessa R3A ?)
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Message from daniel.rocha at free.fr (Daniel ROCHA) ([Leica] The Leica CL !?)
Message from leicanikon at earthlink.net (Stephen Gandy) ([Leica] The Leica CL ! or Bessa R3A ?)
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