If we're going down this road. We must not forget the really nice Leica
CL. It has smooth handling, a fabulous lens, spot metering and
interchangeable lens to boot. I love it, it's just too expensive to
knock around with.
Rand E.
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John Robison wrote:
>
> Garry ! don't forget the Canon G-III 17, a real
> great camera with a fast f 1.7 40mm lens. smooth quiet
> shutter, and, a moving bright frame for parallax and
> field size correction as you focus closer. Only
> problem, it uses the PX-13 battery. Also has...GASP!
> full manual overide of shutter and apature and
> ....DOUBLE GASP .... will still work even with a dead
> battery. John R.
> --- Gary Schloss <schloss@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > (a) Petri Color 35 -- a Rollei 35S clone with a very
> > sharp 40/2.8 lens
> > which Petri made themselves. Has full-info. VF.
> > ($50-75)
> >
> > (b) Olympus 35RC -- a great little camera with an
> > excellent Zuiko 42/2.8,
> > which also has a R/F. ($60-85)
> >
> > (c) Ricoh 500G -- another terrific little shooter,
> > with a great, sharp
> > 40/2.8 Rikenon lens and R/F. Several variants of
> > this one have such
> > uncommon (for this category!) extras as multiple
> > exposure capability,
> > and one or two sub-models even take a winder.
> > ($35-75)
> >
> > All three have solid metal construction, CdS meters
> > inside the lens
> > perimeter -- good for filter usage, normal flash
> > shoes located where
> > you'd expect them to, and each will cost a fraction
> > of the exhorbitant
> > sums one has to shell out for even most basic of the
> > Rollei 35's (the
> > latter have more shutter speeds though). No
> > reliability problems either.
> >
> > Of course, compared to the Rollei, the prestige
> > quotient is rather low:
> > I would not recommend keeping these in the glove
> > compartment of an
> > expensive SUv... oops, better not go there! :-) :-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> > /Gary Schloss.
> > schloss@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
> >
> >
>
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