Which 28mm LTM lens is that?
Really should stop praising the model 7, I might need another.
The m3/2 only has 50mm frame lines, so limited in focal lengths. Still plenty of nice 50mm lens available.
If you are that concerned about the money then get a Canon 7. You won't really be missing out. I use my two Canon 7's more than my Leica M3, thought not as much as my Konica Hexar RF. If the Canon had an M mount it would sell for almost as much as a Leica. You can even buy brand new lenses for the Canon. Voigtlander just released a new 28mm in ltm. The Canon is a no brainer, and if you decide later to move to a Leica, you can use the same lenses on it as well.
I’d live to get my hands on an interchangeable lens rangefinder, but the prices are insane. Leicas are of course way over my budget, so I was looking at the Leica/Minolta CL and the Voigtländer Bessa R2 and R3. They’re all pretty expensive, a Bessa R2C starts at around $1000 if I import it from Japan. My questions is: Do you expect the prices to go up, down, or stay? Should I hold on getting one, or get one soon?
The m3/2 only has 50mm frame lines, so limited in focal lengths
I’d live to get my hands on an interchangeable lens rangefinder, but the prices are insane. Leicas are of course way over my budget, so I was looking at the Leica/Minolta CL and the Voigtländer Bessa R2 and R3. They’re all pretty expensive, a Bessa R2C starts at around $1000 if I import it from Japan. My questions is: Do you expect the prices to go up, down, or stay? Should I hold on getting one, or get one soon?
Which 28mm LTM lens is that?
Really should stop praising the model 7, I might need another.
The m3/2 only has 50mm frame lines, so limited in focal lengths. Still plenty of nice 50mm lens available.
Which 28mm LTM lens is that?
Really should stop praising the model 7, I might need another.
The m3/2 only has 50mm frame lines, so limited in focal lengths. Still plenty of nice 50mm lens available.
Why would some people want interchangeable lenses for range finder cameras?
Because there are no zoom lenses for those cameras.
Why? Here are just two reasons. 1. Because zoom lenses are usually big and heavy. 2. There is something nice about using a fixed focal length lens and “zooming with your feet” to frame the scene the way you want.
I’m sure there are lots of other reasons other people have.
As mentioned the M2 has 35,50,90....the M3 50,90,135. Very common to use 21, 28 with auxiliary finders and other longer lenses with the Visoflex
So it does, I never used 90 & 135 on that camera, forgot they existed, they should of labelled it. The Canon 7 has all 5 conveniently labelled.
Of course but then you also have the downsides. Selenium meter, loud shutter, weak rangefinder patch, screw mount lenses. As always you get to pick....
Of course but then you also have the downsides. Selenium meter, loud shutter, weak rangefinder patch, screw mount lenses. As always you get to pick....
My Model 7 is the quickest camera I own and I have a hundred including leaf shutters, I can't hear it half the time, the range finder patch is as strong as any leica I own and the selenium meter is pretty accurate. The Last 6 pictures I have posted in the gallery were using a 7......but it's all about the lens.
Sadly, as I just discovered, if anything goes awry on the Retina IIIS, it's not economical to fix it. It shares the loopy silk thread with the Reflex models that technicians loathe.In your price range a Kodak Retina IIIS, unlike the early Retina has a set of true set of lens from 28,, to 200, the 200 does not work with the work with the rangefinder, and the lens for the IIIS will also work in the later model but not all lens made for the Reflex has the cam. When a lens is attached brings up the viewfinder for that lens, I think the 28mm needed a separate viewfinder. Downside is that that the top shutter speed is 1/500th as it uses a leaf shutter, upside, flash at all speeds. Downside uses the EV exposure system, either you love it or hate it, upside it has a built in non coupled meter, if you can find one that is working. From Cameraquest.
Sadly, as I just discovered, if anything goes awry on the Retina IIIS, it's not economical to fix it. It shares the loopy silk thread with the Reflex models that technicians loathe.
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