Review 3 of 10
Price Paid:
$1500.00
from PhotoVillage Summary: I have owned this camera now for about a year and love it. Overall the best mechanical SLR I have ever used.
Leica lenses are to die for. I mostly use the 50/f2 Summicron which is absolutely brilliant. Brutally sharp, with excellent tonal range and bokeh. 16x20 enlargements are no problem. Strengths: - Built like a tank.
- Very bright viewfinder
- Excellent meter (spot/area)- Relatively small
- Heavy (I find it easier to hold it steady, than a lighter camera)
- Well placed controls with large buttons/dials
- Mirror slap is well controlled
- Leica lenses Weaknesses: - Mirror loc up release needs a cable trigger or paperclip to trigger.
- Leica stopped making this camera.
-Lenses are very good, but very expensive
-Easier to hold with winder attached if you have large hands, but no worse than a Nikon F
- Expensive, if you can find one Similar Products Used: Nikon, Minolta, Leica Customer Service: Excellent.
I managed to jam the advance mechanisim the day I purchased it (user error), but Leica fixed everything in less than 2 weeks at no charge.
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