Contax SLR?

[naaldvoerder]

Though presumably after 9 years the O.P has already decided what camera to buy ?

Shit... I only noticed that now...

 

[neilt3]

Shit... I only noticed that now...

Seeing as the O.P never bothered replying to his own thread and was last seen here November last year , maybe they never made their mind up ?
They might still be trying to decide !

 

[gone]

I had a 139 for a brief period. It was an OK camera, I've owned worse and I've owned better. It was small and light, which was nice, but the camera's covering peeled off in an alarming manner (actually it just crumbled into flaking pieces). I could have lived w/ that, but the shutter was a little loud, and I wasn't a big fan of the viewfinder. In the end, I preferred Leica R glass to Zeiss, so I sold it. No regrets. I still think R glass is just about as good as it gets in photography, and the Leicaflex Standard I bought is built to an amazingly high standard.

 

[George Mann]

In the end, I preferred Leica R glass to Zeiss, so I sold it. No regrets. I still think R glass is just about as good as it gets in photography, and the Leicaflex Standard I bought is built to an amazingly high standard.

Me too. Loved my 139, but couldn't get along with the hyper sharpness of its Zeiss lens.

 

[johnha]

I always liked the look of the 167MT, I was heavily into Pentax and it looked to be similar to my Super-A. I didn't want to switch systems and at the going rate it would have been expensive.

 

[Don_ih]

Though presumably after 9 years the O.P has already decided what camera to buy ?

I don't know ... it can be hard to choose.

 

[neilt3]

I don't know ... it can be hard to choose.

Nah !
Nine years ago it was easy , you just bought one of each , and told yourself you can sell the others on again .
But not at today's prices .
Luckily all the cameras I bought to try out that I didn't sell on again , I've still got . Now seems like a good time to be selling on again .
What I paid £15 for ten or fifteen years ago seem to be selling for £100 now .
Some are silly money these days . Down to supply and demand .
Most of my film gear was bought when everyone was dumping film gear for digital .
Now they want it back !