davidjmitchell

Users, & potential users, of the GR-D will be aware that it has no built in

viewfinder. Ricoh do however offer a hot-shoe fitting auxillary viewfinder de-

lineated with both 28mm & 21mm framelines; the latter needed if you also

purchase the 21mm supplementary lens. The Ricoh viewfinder is expensive at

GBP129 & is very much a clone of the CV range. If you don't need the 21mm

option, the CV 28mm viewfinder can be had from Ffordes at just GBP49.

Bargain !!

I've recently acquired a Leitz Eldia Kopier-Apparat which I believe to be a

Leica film contact printer. The Eldia is in almost new condition, with the

original box (a little tired) but no instructions. Handwritten on the

inderside of the box is a catalogue number, 17900. Anyone any idea of UK

value ? May consider selling. Thanks in advance.

Anyone come across a specification / price / availability yet of the

anticipated Epson RD-2 ? Are we expecting a reduced spec RD-1 ?

Please can anyone recommend a used Leica dealership in Sydney. What

are used M3 bodies going for over there ?

Am taking the provebial one month "holiday of a lifetime" to warm

climes in February. If you were in my position, what would be the

least amount of M hardware you would carry & why ? Oh, in the middle

of the month I also have to photograph a wedding !

Anyone know if it is possible to fit M lenses ( or CV come to that)

on a Contax G body? If so, a supplier of the adapter ?

As I like to keep my travel kit small, please can anyone recommend a

case that holds just an M body with fitted first generation Tri-

Elmar. Thanks in advance.

Never used these two, but can seriously recommend Ffordes & The Classic Camera. Both regulurly advertise in AP.

Could well be up for it, plenty of pubs to choose from in Reading.....even the "Three Guineas" at the station, would save attendees getting too lost.

Please can anyone provide a link that gives retail prices in USD /

GBP for Leica bodies from 1954 onwards, ie how much did M series

bodies cost when originally released. Have checked the archives

without success. Many thanks in advance.

Andre, I too do a number of weddings each year for friends & recommendations. I have an identical lens stable to yours plus the excellent 75mm heliar. I would NOT however even contemplate doing a wedding with anything less than two bodies. This gives you the essential insurance factor and the option of doing both B/W and colour. Actually I use two M6s for this purpose and have my originsal M4 as the insurance. The cost of the Heliar is a bargain, so I would suggest one of these plus a secondhand M6 classic (the cheapest of the used M6 bodies around). A second body is a MUST have.

There have been innumerable threads on this forum as too which bag is

the most suitable for our Leicas. Invariably the Domke F-803 is

listed at or very near the top of user lists. This bag does however

carry a not insignificant price tag (Leica hardware excepted !!).

Whilst trawling everyones' favourite auction site I came across

a "Like" Domke F-803 from a dealer in Shanghai. Having just received

it, I can say it is of remarkable build quality, one hell of a clone,

& a veritable bargain at about a quarter of the Domke price. I have

absolutly no connection with the seller whose *bay shop can be found

at RJ Camera Accessory Store (also does "F-802s").

In October 2001 I bought two camera bodies. A secondhand M6 classic

@ ?895 and a new Nikon D1 at ?3,350. Less than four years on, the

current secondhand UK retail values of these bodies is ?895 and ?490

respectively. With the Leica M series remaining relatively constant

for the past fifty years and with digital SLRs being "updated" every

six months or so, it apears that only one group gains; the

manufacturers. I will not be upgrading the D1 & at such a loss it is

pointless selling it on; just cut my losses. Is this the true cost

of the "progress" of photographic technology? For all intents &

purposes I have now stopped using the D1 &, with film processing from

the Leica, just have everything scanned to CD. The best of both

worlds at no capital outlay. Digital hasn't made me a better

photographer, just a much poorer one !

Harry, a Voigtlander Bessa L case will do the trick, a tight fit so no risk of losing it....about ?20 from Ffordes or Robert White in the UK. Failing that, look for a Luigi half case on Ebay.

Can anyone please assist me with the following compatibility

problem. I have an M4-2 s/n 1505307. Together with this I own a

first issue M4-2 winder (part #14214) s/n 11321 with battery

compartment part #14227. According to my research, which I admit

could well be faulty, this winder should be compatible. Despite a

lot of huff & puff there is no way I can make it fit however.

Neither body or winder are warped or dented & the body's normal

baseplate fits perfectly. Any suggestions...........

Following a number of posts on this site, I have just taken delivery

of a Luigi M half case in antique leather. I can only say the

workmanship is outstanding and fits the M like a second skin,

virtually marries it! The cases are not cheap but then neither is

the M series. Like Leica, you get what you pay for. For the

non "bag" lovers amongst us, this has got to be the ONLY M must have.

Wonderful.

Paul, for economies of usage, try the Ffordes UK website at www.ffordes.com. They currently have a used 35mm F3.5 Summaron Exc+ @ ?195 or do a new VC 35mm F2.5 @ ?195 + ?35 for adapter. I have found Ffordes to be an excellent source of used kit in the UK. Happy hunting, me I'd go for the Summaron....can't beat the Leica "feel".

Does anyone have experience of Marini leather holdalls distributed

exclusively in the UK by The Classic Camera, London.

Recommendations, ones to avoid etc ?

Anyone recommend a bag that will take just an M body plus a mark 1

tri-elmar. Those I have seen locally in the UK seem inadequate in

construction or are simply too large. Thanks in advance.

I will be visiting New York for the first time from the UK next

month. Can any members please recommend (with addresses) reputable

stockists of secondhand Leica & Nikon gear in New York. Many

thanks. Out of curiousity, whats' the s/h $ price of a mintish M6

body over there at the moment?

Jon......what you do in your own time is up to you. If you can't respond constructively then please don't waste mine or other contributors' time. The "love of Leica" is not to be despised, otherwise what are you doing on this forum ?

Whist accepting the existance of the M6 shots & the Leica M history

screensavers, there are none available of "real" kit. Anyone out

there got gems of shots of their own M series hardware that they can

post so we can construct our own screensavers (simplity itself in

XP). Rarities and battered & bruised images welcomed. Thanks in

advance.

Having quite literally just bought a used 90mm F2.8 Elmarit (UK £195)which I believe to be a first version, can someone please enlighten me as to the following: at what point did production pass from Wetzlar to Canada & when did the script around the front element change from red to white (or vice versa). Thanks in advance.

Can anyone out there in LeicaLand give me the 1985 UK (preferably)

price of an R4S body. Needed for insurance purposes. Thanks in

advance....

Any exponents of using an M for waist level shooting. Recommended

focal length? Focusing, if at all ? Keeping camera to a level

plane ?