I'd disagree on the R8/R9, I find them to be among the worst handling pro SLR's I've tried (the older R's are worse, but really are mid-range bodies, not Pro bodies), the RTSIII is much nicer IMHO.
The F3 handles very well, but the HP finder is an issue for non-glasses wearers when compared to the non-HP or F2 finders and the meter readout is awful compared to any of the F2 prisms. -Adam On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, Adam, but the Leica R8/R9 body is amongst my favorite 35mm film SLRs. > The other is the Nikon F3/T hp. > > :-) > > G > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:51 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> Interesting. Total mount conversions for R stuff is nothing new (There >> are a fair number of R-mount equipped Nikon F2's floating around) but >> doing it on the lens side is a good choice, especially since I've yet >> to see a particularly good R body other than a converted Nikon. >> Leica's good at lenses but they never quite got the SLR thing, unlike >> Zeiss. >> >> -Adam >> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:38 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I don't know if you know this site: >>> http://www.leitax.com/index.html >>> >>> But I found it really interesting... Sharp Leica lens on Pentax K? Sounds >>> really promising to me :) >>> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
