I'm with you Nick, whilst I admire and have used the Contax cameras (and Nikon rangefinders) I find them much less pleasant to hold and use than a Leica M. Frank --- Nick Roberts <nickbroberts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Douglas Shea <dshea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This can be said for many cameras. Having owned an > > M3 which I later gave to > > my Dad I can say I derive much greater pleasure > from > > using my Contax I, II, > > and IIa cameras that have been restored by Henry > > Scherer then I ever did > > from the Leica, and I prefer the Zeiss lenses. The > > same can be said for the > > Alpas I use; quality and "joy" in handling that > puts > > Leica to > > shame...Leica's are nice but that's about all. > > Highly over-rated in my > > opinion; if I were offered one I'd gladly accept > it > > -- I'd love to make > > another gift to my Dad. > > > > Doug > > Which just goes to show that we're not all the same. > I > much prefer my Leica IIf and IIIf to my Contax IIIa > - > even though the Contax is better engineered, better > featured and uses better lenses. > > Nick > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > >