Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Thanks for the information. Let me just clarify that I am shooting mostly digital now and if I buy this Canonet it will be just a pure whim, which I permit myself given the low price of 25 EUR. I already have a Leica CL, and I also kept my Leicaflex SL, so I am not totally bereft of film cameras. It would just be fun to try out something else, that's all. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Almere, Netherlands http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.fotosevilla.com Print sales: http://www.photodeluge.com Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: Mark Langer <langeratcarleton@gmail.com> Datum: vrijdag, juli 22, 2005 5:29 pm Onderwerp: Re: [Leica] My new pocket camera > > > Nathan, > > I had the Canonet QL17 GIII (the model you are looking at might be > different.) It was built like a tank. The downside was that it also > weighed like a tank, which is why I sold it. This is a much favoured > camera among fans of 70s Japanese rangefinders, but for my money, if > you are getting a camera larger than a subcompact, I'd go for the > Konica Auto S3 or, if you want full manual as an option, the Minolta > 7SII. Any of the last generation of Japanese rangefinders that > followed the big classics (Canonet QL17, Minolta 7, 9, 11, Konica Auto > S2) are similar to the S3 or 7SII, and are more compact than their > predecessors. Steve Gandy's CameraQuest website has lots of > information about these. > > Unless you are just looking for an inexpensive beater, if you are > going for something the size of the Canonet, which is bigger and > heavier than the Leica CL or Minolta CLE, get the CL or CLE. If you > want something that size, you may as well go for something with > interchangable lenses. If having a built in meter is not an issue for > you, in compact interchangable lens rangefinders, I'd recommend the > Diax IIb with its nice Schneider lenses as a budget alternative to the > CL and CLE. But then, you don't get to use your Leica lenses. > > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >