Re: Leica - starter camera

Sounds like a plug for the Tri-Elmar. ;)

At 08:26 PM 3/28/2005, you wrote:

To me, rangefinders are the perfect moderate-wide-angle-to-normal-focal-length cameras. I find the 0.58x magnification to be a perfect 28mm/35mm/50mm camera. While I never use the TTL flash function, the extra 2mm height doesn't bother me. Nor does the shutter speed dial which rotates in the opposite direction of my M2. I find that the M6 TTL and M2 are sufficiently different cameras that in practice it is not an issue.

The best advice though is probably this: get your hands on a few different rangefinders and shoot a couple of rolls of film with each one, perhaps over an afternoon or so (LUG meets, local Leicaphiles, or the LHSA gatherings are good opportunities for this; second hand stores with a humane return policy would be another). The only person who can really tell you what camera you should buy... is you.

M.


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Mountain and Desert Photography
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