You are correct. My mistake in definition.
Kent Gittings
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: OT - Voigtlander Bessa LR (but I mention ME Super)
Frank, I own the Bessa L (no rangefinder/needs an lens-specific viewfinder)
with the Snapshot Skopar 25mm f4. True, the body is plasticky, but the lens
is worth the price of the whole kit. I'll get the 15mm eventually. In
terms of shutter noise
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Even if the camera uses separate viewfinders like early Leicas it's still
a
rangefinder camera.
Kent Gittings
Gotta agree with Tom on this one. The little detachable viewfinder that sits
on top of the camera doesn't determine distances for focussing (or any other)
purposes. Since the Bessa L was designed for very wide-angle lenses, you can
pretty much set the lenses to infinity anyway (or so I've been
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No, it is a viewfinder camera. Rangefinder cameras by definition have an
optical rangefinder
Frank, I own the Bessa L (no rangefinder/needs an lens-specific viewfinder)
with the Snapshot Skopar 25mm f4. True, the body is plasticky, but the lens
is worth the price of the whole kit. I'll get the 15mm eventually. In
terms of shutter noise, I don't think the camera was ever intended on
Hi, Chris,
Thanks for your thoughts and input. I didn't mean to imply that these were
Leica-like, especially given their prices. They look and sound like very cool
little cameras. I simply mentioned that they were plastic, because I had
originally received wrong information that they had
On 20 Dec 2001 at 20:12, frank theriault wrote:
Hi, Chris,
Thanks for your thoughts and input. I didn't mean to imply that these were
Leica-like, especially given their prices. They look and sound like very cool
little cameras. I simply mentioned that they were plastic, because I had
Hi,
I'm pretty sure that the Bessa-R is built on the same metal die cast frame
as the Nikon FM10, which cosina make for Nikon.
Paul
As far as the I am aware the R camera is built on a solid metal die cast
frame
but the top and bottom plates are a composite material. Having owned one
for a
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