On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, John Pendley wrote:
> My "XA or Epic?" dilemma has develod hyperthyroidism. It seems that now I
> don't want to settle for anything less than a Konica Hexar. Better yet
> would be a Hexar RF with interchangeable lenses or Besser R. At the moment,
> I'm impressed with what I've read about Konica optics and not so impressed
> with what I've read of the Voigtlander body. Any thoughts? As background,
> if you haven't picked up on this already, I have a long history with Leica.
> So one of my options is to buy some lenses for my M3; but I really don't
> like the M3: no 35mm bright line.
The Bessa R has a smaller RF (effective) baseline than the Konica RF.
It is also smaller and lighter (not to mention cheaper). There have been
many complaints about the feel of the plastic back, and reports of
vertical misalignments on some of them.
The Konica is a lot more money, quieter than the Bessa R, louder
than an M, has a longer lag time than the M, about even with the
Bessa R. You can interchange lenses between the Konica and your M3,
even the 28mm (by buying a Voightlander finder), so there's compatibility
with either Bessa or Konica, though neither is as fine an instrument as
the M3.
You could search for a Summaron with 'eyes'. I used to have one
for my M3 and it worked fine (with all the good and bad of the older
Leitz optics).
I see 'the fever' has crept over you...again. :-) Don't forget,
you'll still be wanting a pocketable camera, so leave a few budgetary
bucks for that XA or Epic !
*= Doris Fang =*
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