Thanks for all the replies. I should've added that vf brightness was indeed
a major factor in this purchase.
Lecia M6 huh? I've heard lots a great things about them... *flips through
KEH's catalog* omg! $6,000 just for the body! I never knew they were ~that~
expensive. hehe, yeah that's a wee bit out a my price range now... :)
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Blessings,
Nick
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>From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Camera decsion...
>Date: Sat, Jul 28, 2001, 3:19 AM
>
> If your budget allows it, get a Leica M6 with a Summilux or a Noctilux
> ... pretty much fits all your requirements perfectly. There's no
> faster lens than the 50mm/f1.0 Noctilux, and the camera can be easily
> hand held at very slow shutter speeds. If you need slightly better
> image quality, the Summilux (F1.4) would work. The M6 also has
> something of a spot meter, albeit a big spot. Loading is pretty easy
> once you get the hang of it - many Leica shooters can load 'em in the
> dark. The shutter is virtually silent.
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> Shel Belinkoff
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Why should I use a meter? What if the darn thing broke on me
> when I was out making a photograph? Then what would I do?"
>
> Nicholas Wright wrote:
>>
>> I have somthing of a dilema. I need to get a quieter camera for some work
>> that I'll be doing in the near future, and also for when I want to carry
>> something other than the pz1p. The requirements that I have is that this
>> camera be small and discreet, extremely quiet, easily loadable, and the
>> viewfinder data must be able to be read in near dark. The last reason being
>> the main reason my k1000 is not suited for what I'm looking for. So I've
>> narrowed it down to three cameras and I'd appreciate any feedback from
>> others that have more experience with these cameras. I would be using manual
>> focus lenses on it, taking photos in near dark (ie- fire/candlelight). The
>> three cameras that I'm looking at are;
>>
>> 1) ME Super... very small, very quiet. Don't like the buttons to change
>> shutter speed, but I could get over it.
>> 2) MX... prolly the closest thing I'll ever get to what I'm looking for, but
>> haven't I seen somewhere that it's actually kindof loud?
>> 3) zx5n... very quiet, and small. But how loud is the autorewind? and am I
>> correct in saying that there is no way to override autorewind when you reach
>> the end of the roll of film? Actually, the number one reason that I'm even
>> considering this camera is because of the built in spot meter.
>>
>> Well, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
>>
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