New to RF photography - Bessa or what?

[Way]

Congrats! Where did you buy the R2?

Way

 

[Wiechel]

Thanx! I bought it from a member of this forum!

 

[tedwhite]

It is ugly. I looked it up.

 

[Designer]

Congratulations! Karl, you got a nice gear.

 

[gelmir]

Yeah you'll love it ^^ I love mine, first time I'm bringing acamera everywhere with me since my stylus epic/mju-2 (which I left because I could not at least choose the aperture). Even a digital didn't make it for me : I hate shooting with a screen and viewfinders on these cameras are so crappy !
R2 rules ! 😀

 

[Huck Finn]

Enjoy the new camera, Karl. 🙂

To each, his own. 😉

 

[Wiechel]

Eeek, today I walked into a camera store that sells lots of used stuff and handled a Leica M2.

Now I can't stop thinking about it, I will have to get one of those too, when I can afford it! I just spent all my money on the R2 and the lenses.

The M2 is a beauty.

 

[rover]

Full fledged GAS addict now.

Now you are really one of us 🙂.

 

[back alley]

mmmmmmm...m2, my favourite leica...gas...gas...you know you want it...

joe

 

[Wiechel]

What is this "gas" talk? 😕

 

[back alley]

gear acquisition syndrome

 

[rover]

Yup, you have to watch yourself around here.

 

[peter_n]

Did no-one warn you about this Karl? GAS is the inevitable result of joining RFF. 🙂

 

[Wiechel]

Damn it! No, no one warned me. Now I'm scr*wed! :bang: 🙂

 

[back alley]

oh yeah!
big time...

joe

 

[Wiechel]

Wow! Today I received my R2 with Trigger Winder (gotta love it) and CV 75/2.5, thanx to Gene and Canada Post. Now I'm just waiting for my CV 35/1.7 too.

I am so happy!

 

[rover]

Go do some shooting and enjoy.

 

[Wiechel]

Go do some shooting and enjoy.

Yeah, I will, this weekend! I shot some pictures today too.

 

[Wiechel]

I have now received both lenses, and done my first shooting with my new camera. It has been great fun, but I need practice. The first results are in my gallery (see signature...).

 

[peijin]

so if i like shooting either 40mm or 35mm, and wear glasses, is it better to go for the R2a or the R3a? people seem to have differ on whether or not you can see the 40mm frame lines with glasses or not. i think that the R2a would be more logical for me, since i wear glasses, but as karl was saying feels bad to give up the 1x magnification.

--cpj