Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walt, Well one of the reasons the F3 sits idle is that I use Leica R cameras along with my Ms these days. Even the D200 is second choice except when I want to shoot digital. Gene -------------- Original message from Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com>: -------------- > Gene > > I've a great idea. If I run across a Nikkormat we can make a swap for > your dusty F3. :-) I missed a heck of an image years back because I > was carrying two different bodies. An F3 and a Nikkormat. Since I always > work by feel what I carry must feel the same. Actually, the Nikkormats > were fine cameras and much better than the plastic throwaway stuff made > today. > > Walt > > > grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > > >Walt I had 2 Nikkormats over the years and loved both. However they are > >no > longer supported by Nikon or any other repair facility I have been able to > find, > so when they fail they are good only as paper weights. My F3 sits and > collects > dust, well it really sits in a spare camera bag upstairs unused. > > > >gene > > > > > >-------------- Original message from Walt Johnson : > -------------- > > > > > > > > > >>I was making a comparison based upon spending a few hundred dollars or > >>5000 Reichmarks and then looking at the results. Personally, I hate the > >>Nikkormats but have a near new F3, 24,35,50 1.4, 55 2.8, 100 2.8 > >>(Vivitar) and a 200 f4. (just looked in a drawer and found a Tamron > >>19-35 and a Tokina doubler) I think I have too much unused junk and > >>since this is Friday, I'm open for offers. :-) > >> > >>Keep shooting but watch out for sunspots > >> > >>Walt > >> > >>Douglas Herr wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Dec 7, 2006, at 5:16 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>What if the Nikkormat with a 50mm f2.0 provided a better finished > >>>>product than your M8? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>I don't see why someone who is interested in a digital rangefinder > >>>would care how a film SLR of any vintage or capabilities compares. A > >>>more logical comparison would be a film SLR and a digital SLR and in > >>>this comparison for me from viewing prints the digital SLR (DMR in my > >>>case) has pretty much replaced the film SLR at ISO 400 and above. BTW > >>>I do have a recently-CLA'd Nikkormat FTN with 50mm f/2 lens (also 50mm > >>>f/1.4 AIS, 55mm f/2.8, 200mm f/4 and 300mm f/4.5 ED non-IF). > >>> > >>>Doug Herr > >>>Birdman of Sacramento > >>>http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >>> > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Leica Users Group. > >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Leica Users Group. > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information