Digital BW, The Print

Sunday, April 11, 2004, 4:39:20 PM, you wrote:

AH> Hi Richard,

AH> I guess the short answer probably stems from my being a fairly longtime user
AH> of Leica Ms. I tried the Contax G2, briefly, when it first came out and
AH> didn't like the viewfinder at all. I use the HM Leicas and, by comparison,
AH> the G2 made me feel as if I was peering through a tiny hole. Quite a bit
AH> darker, too.

AH> I did very much like the results, though, from the excellent glass available
AH> for that camera.

AH> Alan Huntley

Makes sense. Thanks. I too long for a better viewfinder for my G2 and
it's why I'll adding an M body to my collection before too long. I
want it for the quieter shutter and easier use in low light. Meanwhile
I still love my G2 as I find it lighting fast for focus and I get some
nice street shots I would have probably not gotten otherwise. Plus my
affection of the unbelievable sharpness and contrast I get from the 45
Planar and 28 Biogon. Yet I yearn for the look I see one can get with
the 50 M lenses too. Which is why I want to add that to my arsenal as
well.

Struggling a bit as to whether I should get a Bessa R2, or a user M2
or M3.  Even a user M2/3 can be a pretty penny.  Hoping to find a
real ugly but working one sometime for cheap. Then it will be on to
which 50 M lens I should get!

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Best regards,
 Richard                            mailto:richard@...