A newbies thoughts on R3a

[jmilkins]

G'day David

I have the R3a , mostly mounting the lovely Minolta Rokkor 40/2 CLE version which is a bit more compact than the CV 1.4 if you don't mind the stop difference.

I use the trigger winder too, more for the heft than the speed - too used to thumb wind!

I've spent a fair bit of time with the CV 15mm on a Bessa L (some samples in the gallery). Awesome fun and quite useable IMHO

Also have to echo the recommendation for the CV 75 - it's a pearler.

Good light, and post some images when you can.

 

[JonathanA]

Just as a little bit of an update. I've started using my R3A with 40mm Nokton for a lot of street photography and the 2 projects I have going on at the moment and I must say I'm stunned once again. I've always felt that a camera is only great when you forget it's there, and over the past few times shooting that's exactly how it has become. I'm ordering the 75mm this week and in the near future will probably get an R2A for a 2 body system.