Thor,
Jeffery
Jan,
great news indeed! I hadn't been to the site in about a month, this was not there last I looked. I'll get right over there and start reading.
I'm not interested in snobbery, but will pay willingly for real quality. Is the Voigtlander glass comparable to Nikkor, or Canon, or Zeiss? (I refrain from using the "L" word for fear of starting a religious conflict). I.e. solid quality? It doesn't have to be the final word (this is after all 35mm), but I don't want to pay a premium for junk...
Cheers, Thor
On 19 Apr, 2006, at 20:18, Jan Decher wrote:
Thor:
If you check the Cameraquest website (http://www.cameraquest.com/voigt_250.htm )you will see that both the more refined R3A and R2A "Bessa's" will soon be out in all manual versions as R3M and R2M, together with a very nice collapsible "Heliar" 2.0/50mm.
I just bought a 1.4/40mm "Nokton" for my bargain restored Leica M3, while my collapsible 2.0/50 Summicron front element is being polished and recoated by Arax. The 40mm has a wonderful feel! Will have first results on Provia 100 F tomorrow morning. If the new Bessa's are even half as well put together as this lens I am quite tempted to order the R3M as a metered body with the 40 mm frame and maybe even a chrome 2.0/50 Heliar to replace the Summicron.
Who cares if Cosina RF's are not "real" Voigtlaenders or Zeiss Ikons! Fact is, that classic ZI Contaxes are out of production since 1961 and Leicas are overpriced new and used (unless you are lucky). Cosina's Mr. Kobayashi is giving RF shooters, who are resisting the digital trend, some really nice affordable RF's and lots of excellent lenses and accessories at different price levels to choose from. His recent collaboration with Zeiss for ZM and ZF/S lenses is a welcome replacement for the Contax G, C/Y and N systems demise.
I suggested to him to do the same for MF by reviving the classic East German Praktisix or postwar Exakta 66 with a reliable metal shutter, precise metering and Zeiss designed lenses in P6 mount. Such a new 6x6 camera could gain a good following, with the Contax 645 defunct and Hasselblad barely hanging on.
So get your Bessa and enjoy shooting. Cartier-Bresson might have done the same had he lived today. I am sure he hated missing all those "decisive moments" while fiddling with the bottom-loading of his Leica.. ;-) Cheers, Jan
==== Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:03:03 +0200 From: Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx> Well, thanks again to everyone who helped me learn more last year about a replacement for my friends Minox GT. They got a Bessa R3a and a 40/1.4 to go with it a while back. I was over at their place recently and helped them go through it and get to know it - wow what a really nice camera!.... Are there any users who can help me weight pro's /cons of Voigtlander vs. others? I don't want auto everything, or motors, or autofocus so the Hexar and Contax G2 and such are out. I'm thinking either Voigtlander, or vintage (is there a lot of old, nice, available and cheap stuff to be had?) or possibly Leica if there exists something reasonably priced that is comparable to the Bessa. Cheers, Thor
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