Note also that the Bessa T has a much longer RF base than the 'R's --
53.7mm. It does NOT have a built-in VF so it has to be used with
auxilary ones. 'M' mount.
ScottGee1
On 4/11/06, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Stephen Gandy is selling it for US$249 - $399 with a nice 35/2.5
> compact lens. $450 with the 25/4. (That's about a $50 discount).
> If you want to use the wides like the 12mm, 15mm and esp. the 21mm,
> the Bessa T at $185 is a bargain.
> He normally charges about $20 for postage to Aus.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 11/04/2006, at 10:03 PM, Bart Wientjes wrote:
>
> >
> > Andrew,
> >
> > are you looking at the plain 'R' model?
> > What are the prices like around there?
> > A local shop here sells the body for 279 Euro (about 300 U$D). Sounds
> > cheep to me.
> > I should stop looking now, I have a high risk of getting infected!
> >
> > Bart
> >
> >
> > On 4/11/06, Andrew McPhee <macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Some interesting replies to my 'problem'. Mostly yays and not
> >> many nays
> >> (as I expected from a bunch of enablers like you lot).
> >>
> >> Sure, something in the Leica line would be very nice but anything
> >> decent
> >> seems to be way out of my price range. Anything that fits my
> >> budget is
> >> getting pretty old and I certainly don't like the look of that unique
> >> loading method (go ahead, call me a wuss).
> >>
> >> As for Wayne's question about what lenses I'd get for the Bessa R
> >> - I'd
> >> probably stick with a couple from the modern Voigtlander range,
> >> probably a
> >> 35/2.5 Skopar and a 75/2.5 Heliar. Leica glass would be nice but
> >> it would
> >> have to be at the right price (unlikely) and I'd want it to be
> >> rangefinder-coupled.
> >>
> >> Also, a Bessa-L with the 15mm lens sounds strangely attractive.
> >>
> >> I found a few Russian Zorki and Fed on oboy and yeah, they are going
> >> cheap. Maybe I could get one just to see what the fuss is about
> >> but I
> >> don't feel drawn to them like I do to the Bessa.
> >>
> >> I like the fact the Bessa is NEW. And it'd have to be a black one.
> >>
> >> And yes Bill, I have thought about an old Bessa 6x9 as well.
> >> Sigh...I'm
> >> hopeless.
> >>
> >> I'll let you all know when she arrives, I'm off to talk turkey
> >> with Mr.
> >> Gandy.
> >>
> >>
> >> Andrew McPhee
> >> http://www.dev-stop-fix.com/
> >>
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