I won't throw any rocks, but if you're going to look at spending the
equivalent of the value of a clean OM-1n on a pocketable rangefinder, you
should consider (in addition to the Canonet QL-17-GIII) the Olympus 35-RD,
the Minolta HiMatic 7sII, and the Konica Auto-S3 as well. All are small
rangefinders, feature wide-range leaf shutters (to 1/4 second or slower) and
fast lenses (f1.7 for all I think). If you don't need as fast a lens,
consider the Olympus 35-RC.
Less pocketable, but probably a better camera overall than the Canonet is
the Olympus 35 SP. There were other cameras in that 'slightly larger' size
category, not 'pocketable' but very good cameras... If I estimate that your
budget will be about $150 you should be able to get a very clean example of
any of these cameras. A CLA for any of these cameras won't cost all that
much less than the camera, however.
The other thing, when you set one of these down next to an OM-1 with a
50/1.8 mounted, they aren't all *that* much smaller than the OM's...
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
on 9/27/02 9:24 PM, siddiq at iddibhai@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 9/27/2002 8:58:29 PM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> i'm thinking of giving m'self a b'day gift (i am an OLD geezer today; only a
> few more years and i get senior citizen discounts everywhere! the middle ages
> have to the worst; stuck between "student
> discount" and "senior discount").... anyway, giving m'self a bday gift of...
> get ready...
>
>
> a C@n0n QLIII 17!
>
> and selling off an OM1n chrome w/ 50/1.4mc body cap to fund it!
>
> HERESY! STONE the infidel!
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