My first Voigtlander!

[Way]

My local camera store was selling a used Bessa L with 25/f4 and 25 viewfinder for $200 (it was the personal camera of one the salesmen - great guy). I couldn't resist the nice set and price. It's loaded it up with some XP2 to test it out and I hope that I get a chance to takes some pics this weekend. I really like the meter readout on the exterior of the body.

 

[capitalK]

Yah, that combo would be pretty hard to pass up. Good luck!

 

[newspaperguy]

Way to go! (So to speak.)

Seriously - great deal. You'll enjoy it.

 

[gb hill]

Excellent combo & a good price. I have some shots on my blog where I used my BessaL & 25/4 snapshot skopar with XP-2. The exposures wers a bit dark & I checked the meter on the camera but the film was expired plus Wal-Mart developed & scanned it for me. I was still pleased with the results. If you care to see click on my blog & scroll down.

 

[chris00nj]

Wow great price. Good lens and scale focusing is easy with a 25mm.

 

[photo4ls]

GB
What lens did you use for your Coltrane shots on your blog?
I like them a lot since it is had to get a good shot w/all of
the background clutter. That is my hometown btw.

Nelson😎

 

[gb hill]

GB
What lens did you use for your Coltrane shots on your blog?
I like them a lot since it is had to get a good shot w/all of
the background clutter. That is my hometown btw.

Nelson😎

I used an evil slr for the Coltrane shot. Canon AE1p with 35/70 3.5 macro. I keep wanting to go back, the weather was so gray & dull that day. We seem to have many like that around here.

 

[Way]

Thanks to all. The L and 25/4 seems like a very lightweight rig and even feels as portable as my Leica CL.. I need to take some pictures and get used to scale focusing. Really pleased about the price too!

 

[gb hill]

Thanks to all. The L and 25/4 seems like a very lightweight rig and even feels as portable as my Leica CL.. I need to take some pictures and get used to scale focusing. Really pleased about the price too!

Scale focusing on the 25/4 isn't too bad at all The lens is so wide it's hard to miss. My biggest problem though is to look through the finder and not focus. I was walking into Wal-Mart to drop off a roll of film. Had the Bessa L by my side and I heard Hey you come take our picture. I kindly did & walking into the store it hit me I forgot to adjust the lens dof. I looked & I saw it was on 10 to 12 ft. I figured the photo was going to be way out of focus but here is the photo. Heavily cropped but my first portrait with a bessa L & a 25mm lens.

 

[CCCPcamera]

I'd have bought that too even though I have no money. It'd be awesome to have an L.

 

[fernandez_diez]

I received a L body from photoVillage just yesterday and my first comment is ¡ How something so small may be so good!
I am customed to use big digital bodies, as well leica R but this L body with a 25 mm VC is almost to much small for my hands.
Really wonderful

 

[oscroft]

Great combo, nice price. I used an L with a 25 some time ago, and really liked it - scale focusing is no problem at all with the 25, and it's a very nice lens. (I only sold mine to raise money towards an R4).