If you are intending to use flash quite a bit, the R5, RE and R7 are a good choice too. R3 and R3 Mot Electronics can be a bit quirky, though I have a 3 Mot that still works perfectly (so far), a very nice user camera indeed, but not quite as light and compact as the R4 to R7 bodies. Cheers Douglas On 14.04.2010 14:15, Doug Herr wrote: > Reg wrote: > > >> I am considering an R3 or R4 as second body, is around US$300 a fair price >> for one in Exc++ condition? Or Leicaflex SL (tatty cosmetics) for a little >> more? >> > I'm biased, the Leicaflex SL is my all-time favorite SLR - however it > requires 3-cam lenses and several of the more recent lenses cannot be > retrofitted to fit the SL, among these is the 35-70mm f/4, so from a systems > point of view the R3 or R4 would be a better choice. Early production of > both of these bodies was troublesome, so I'd get one that has seen some use, > not a "new, old stock" sample. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/