[rollei_list] Re: "different types of black boxes" (was: OT / prove it !)

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
> 
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