Bessa R's Going Going Soon Gone

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For those interested, I have less than 20 Bessa R's remaining,
Silver only, black long sold out

That's it folks.

Thanks

Stephen
 
Hrm, must be a doomsday thing... that post of yours was your 666th post.

Wana send me an R maybe it'll get rid of the bad luck... :p
 
The silver R's are beautiful cameras. I'm glad I was able to get mine. And the 35/2.5 color skopar imo was made for this camera. I love that combo. BTW look at my avator, the camera looks much better than my mug.
 
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I love the R; a classic in my opinion. I bought 2 silver Rs -- one to use and one to use after the first has been used up.

I think it's a shame Cosina has abandoned the LTM mount. Imagine a new, LTM, R with the meter and build quality of the R3 or R4.
 
It's really painful to see these go out of production. I own one and it's about the most practical camera (rangefinder at least) that I've every owned.
 
brachal said:
I love the R; a classic in my opinion. I bought 2 silver Rs -- one to use and one to use after the first has been used up.

I think it's a shame Cosina has abandoned the LTM mount. Imagine a new, LTM, R with the meter and build quality of the R3 or R4.
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it's already here.

just leave the screw mount adapter on your current generation Bessa and use it as a screw mount camera.

Stephen
 
CameraQuest said:
it's already here.

just leave the screw mount adapter on your current generation Bessa and use it as a screw mount camera.

Stephen
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That's right, lots of choice. My R2 used to wear its adapter ring permanently, i just screwed in my LTM lenses at will. Now it's a hybrid, the most used lenses have their own adapter mounts, part twist and my LTM lens is in, very lazy, but nice.
 
CameraQuest said:
it's already here.

just leave the screw mount adapter on your current generation Bessa and use it as a screw mount camera.

Stephen
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That's a really good point. I've got to stop posting before my second cup of coffee. :eek:
 
Not sure why everyone is so nostalgic about the silver R. I bought one when it first came out and found it was cheaply made and scratched my negs. Kind of like a disposable camera you can buy at any general store. Why not buy leica LTM for the almost the same price.
 
loneranger said:
Not sure why everyone is so nostalgic about the silver R. I bought one when it first came out and found it was cheaply made and scratched my negs. Kind of like a disposable camera you can buy at any general store. Why not buy leica LTM for the almost the same price.
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For the meter, for the viewfinder, for the metallic shutter, for the 35mm Color Skopar...
That's enough, for me!

Franco
ps: and never scratched my film... :rolleyes:
 
loneranger said:
Not sure why everyone is so nostalgic about the silver R. I bought one when it first came out and found it was cheaply made and scratched my negs. Kind of like a disposable camera you can buy at any general store. Why not buy leica LTM for the almost the same price.
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Loneranger,

Wow, you must have really had a bad example. Mine have been great. I bought the first one used in 2005, and have put about a roll a week through it since then without a single unpleasant moment. It's not a Leica or a Nikkormat (my old FTn may be the best made thing I've ever seen), but I wouldn't describe it as cheaply or poorly built. Compared it to a LTM leica, it's got a much better viewfinder, frame lines, light meter, lever-wind, and is slightly easier to load. Not knocking Barnacks, but it's like comparing an antique prismatic compass with a GPS system.
 
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