travis forsyth
Confused Canadian
It's been 3 months since I started saving money for the first time in my life. Now I am on the home stretch for a Bessa R3M as my first rangefinder. Funny all it took was handling a friends to develop the desire to save money.
I am still undecided on the lens but the 40mm 1.4 looks like a good choice from what I have seen here but I will let this years tax return be the judge of what I actually buy.
It has been a pretty hard fight, I've almost pulled the trigger on my credit card a few times to get the hard part over with.
I am still undecided on the lens but the 40mm 1.4 looks like a good choice from what I have seen here but I will let this years tax return be the judge of what I actually buy.
It has been a pretty hard fight, I've almost pulled the trigger on my credit card a few times to get the hard part over with.
kshapero
South Florida Man
An R3M and a CV 40mm is a mighty fine rig.
travis forsyth
Confused Canadian
Excellent
The only thing I am worried about is it not being delivered soon enough. I hate to wait.
charjohncarter
Veteran
You will like a Bessa. I bought one from the 'head bartender' and have been very happy. I needed a BessaR because I only had LTM lenses. But they are probably very similar. The meter is excellent (reflective, of course), and the shutter is heaven, plus the 1/125 flash synch is helpful. I read that the 'R' suffered from some kind of shutter dislocation so I'm very slow at advancing my film and I stop at the first hint of the end of a roll. I felt liberated after using my 1/50 synch Leica IIIf for so many years.
This winter I went to Mexico and used my flash with the BessaR, very fun. This is fill flash with Elitechrome:
and, guess what these guys were up to:
This winter I went to Mexico and used my flash with the BessaR, very fun. This is fill flash with Elitechrome:
and, guess what these guys were up to:
travis forsyth
Confused Canadian
Pulled the trigger and placed the order. Waiting is driving me absolutely crazy. My new loader and 100ft roll of HP5 showed up before it... but they only had a fraction of the distance to go.
Sure hope the weather is fair the day this shows up.
Sure hope the weather is fair the day this shows up.
travis forsyth
Confused Canadian
It's here! I got to give it to the guys at Leica Boutique in Montreal, incredibly helpful fellows even from over 2000 km away!
pbo
Established
Congrats on a new camera! Now you only need cartridges for all that HP5
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