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I'm with Rover, except that I don't think bottom loading is very hard. I can load my M3 without looking. It certainly doesn't seem like something that one must buy a practice camera to get used to doing.
 
MelanieC said:
I'm with Rover, except that I don't think bottom loading is very hard. I can load my M3 without looking. It certainly doesn't seem like something that one must buy a practice camera to get used to doing.
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The M3 and M2 are a whole different world from the LTM bottom loaders. I actually prefer Leica's current bottom loading to a hinged rear door loading, but on an LTM camera, Leica or Canon, I am all thumbs.
 
No, she unloaded a J-12 to get the Nikon. I should know, cause it's mounted on my Canon 7. :D

Steph, I tend to agree with Rover & Melanie. Save for the M2 and don't bother with the bottom loader. If you must, however, buy a FED or Zorki straight from Fedka or Oleg unless you get a deal from someone here.
 
Stephanie, you just have a bad case of GAS. Bottom loading doesn't require that much practice. Besides, once you get your M2 you'll acquire the practice with a camera with which it'll be important and useful, and not with an FSU body that won't get much use afterwards.

Hence, I agree with Rover and Melanie and Captain Slack. Save all your pennies for your dream camera. In the meanwhile, practice a more relevant skill: your eye-meter! :)
 
Is this the same Stephanie Brim who was posting just last month that she was so over GAS and is perfectly happy with the cameras she has? ;-)

Oh, well, nice to know she's been dragged back into the materialist swamp with the rest of us...
 
Oh, well, nice to know she's been dragged back into the materialist swamp with the rest of us...
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I the "it is always good to have company" type of way you are very right.
 
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