What's the best camera Leica haven't made?

What's the best camera Leica haven't made?

  • M5

    Votes: 14 11.4%

  • M9

    Votes: 26 21.1%

  • Nikon SP

    Votes: 19 15.4%

  • Other (please elaborate)

    Votes: 64 52.0%
  • Total voters
    123
giellaleafapmu said:
...By the way, I don't have an M5...does anyone have one for cheap...

GLF
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There are a few on ebay right now that are darn cheap- they've been going for a lot less lately over there.
 
Hmm. This is an interesting topic. I would present my all-time-favourite SLR-camera series: Olympus OM cameras. They're like rangefinders, so small and quiet, mechanically perfect, very good optics. It's a breeze to take photographs with my OM-2 plus the 35mm f.2.8 Zuiko wich is a very compact lens. (Of course I would take a Leica R8 with an Vario-Elmar if I had the chance :)
 
The original Nikon F with non metering head. Built like the proverbial brick outhouse and could have been Leicas first entry for a top quality SLR.
 
Doug said:
Yes, of course. And Leica COULD have been involved in that development but chose not to. How would things be different now had they continued their cooperation with Minolta?
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Right on, I think a Leica "9000+" and onwards, yep an AF :eek: slr with the same mount as the Minoltas so they could have got extra glass sales to Minolta users wanting something extra and Im sure there Slr line would have done a lot better with AF.
 
Assuming 35mm, the best camera that isn't a Leica is the Nikon F5, or if that's too big, the Olympus OM1n.
 
The "not-invented-here-syndrome" of Leica has prevented them to introduce small, but useful improvements, like:

- a smart fold-in rewind lever like in the Canon P
- a system for parallax corrected auxiliary finders (like Canon VT)
- 4 small tiny "feets" at the bottom plate to protect it from scratches (Petri Color 35)
- a 1.0 magnified viewfinder (Bessa R3) for fast 50, 75, 90 lenses
- as mentioned by TomA, a 0.5 magnified finder for wide angle framelines (Bessa R4)

Didier
 
'Maybe Leica should try to get back to its roots of innovation it pioneered in the 1920s-1950s.'

...something's gone wrong somewhere. According to my unscientific testing methods a current version chrome 50mm 2.8 Elmar weighs more than a 'hockey stick' Leica I with a film in it...

The answer to the future lies in the past. Now who the hell said that first?

Michael
 
juhor said:
Hmm. This is an interesting topic. I would present my all-time-favourite SLR-camera series: Olympus OM cameras. They're like rangefinders, so small and quiet, mechanically perfect, very good optics. It's a breeze to take photographs with my OM-2 plus the 35mm f.2.8 Zuiko wich is a very compact lens. (Of course I would take a Leica R8 with an Vario-Elmar if I had the chance :)
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OM's were great cameras, but far from mechanically perfect.
I worked side by side with Olympus Professional Services,
and they had to unjam an awful lot of OM1 and OM2 cameras...

Chris
 
jaapv said:
The Leica Digilux2 (ok-ok, Panaleica...) has your little feet, Didier.
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Probably Panasonic employs a former Petri engineer - or they frequently read Cameraquest... :)
 
A modified version of the M3 but with built-in multi-spot meter as in the Canon T90 and with easier film loading plus digital capabilities.
 
ChrisPlatt said:
OM's were great cameras, but far from mechanically perfect.
I worked side by side with Olympus Professional Services,
and they had to unjam an awful lot of OM1 and OM2 cameras...

Chris
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early OM bodies had a habit of having a thin adjustment screw come loose and work its way up a bit in the shutter release button, jamming the shutter release.
I wonder how many bodies were sent away for repair over this foolish problem?
 
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