Andrew,
are you looking at the plain 'R' model?
What are the prices like around there?
A local shop here sells the body for 279 Euro (about 300 U$D). Sounds
cheep to me.
I should stop looking now, I have a high risk of getting infected!
Bart
On 4/11/06, Andrew McPhee <macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Some interesting replies to my 'problem'. Mostly yays and not many nays
> (as I expected from a bunch of enablers like you lot).
>
> Sure, something in the Leica line would be very nice but anything decent
> seems to be way out of my price range. Anything that fits my budget is
> getting pretty old and I certainly don't like the look of that unique
> loading method (go ahead, call me a wuss).
>
> As for Wayne's question about what lenses I'd get for the Bessa R - I'd
> probably stick with a couple from the modern Voigtlander range, probably a
> 35/2.5 Skopar and a 75/2.5 Heliar. Leica glass would be nice but it would
> have to be at the right price (unlikely) and I'd want it to be
> rangefinder-coupled.
>
> Also, a Bessa-L with the 15mm lens sounds strangely attractive.
>
> I found a few Russian Zorki and Fed on oboy and yeah, they are going
> cheap. Maybe I could get one just to see what the fuss is about but I
> don't feel drawn to them like I do to the Bessa.
>
> I like the fact the Bessa is NEW. And it'd have to be a black one.
>
> And yes Bill, I have thought about an old Bessa 6x9 as well. Sigh...I'm
> hopeless.
>
> I'll let you all know when she arrives, I'm off to talk turkey with Mr.
> Gandy.
>
>
> Andrew McPhee
> http://www.dev-stop-fix.com/
>
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