dan_brown14

Sherry Krauter has one up for $2750, rated in 9.5 condition:

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I've just conducted extensive personal research into the same question you ask.

Olympus C-7070. $379.

Outstanding camera to shoot with and the images are fantastic!

My other camera system is Nikon AF with D100 and N90s. I've shot extensively with Leica

M and Mamiya 7 as well.

I got a C-7070 about a week ago to compliment my Nikon D100 kit. I did take the time to

go through the manual and try all the feature of the 7070. I also used to shoot Leica M

stuff, etc. I am totally blown away by the 7070! It takes a fine picture, and handling is

very good, and it's pretty quick to shoot if you get it set up to you liking. Very easy to keep

handy all the time. I seriously don't see myself shooting the Nikon a whole lot anymore,

except when I need f1.4 or really long glass, or really shallow DoF.

Get a 7070 and enjoy!

I recently sold my recently CLA'd F3HP with 50/1.4AIS Nikkor on ebay and got squat for it!

Dang! The only thing that made me feel better was that I could get a sweet little Oly C

-7070 for 'squat' to compliment by D100 outfit. That made me feel lots better ;-)

Sell it, and be done with it. Life is short.

OMG! Thank you so much. I got a C-7070 last week and absolutely love it, ... except ...

You guessed it, always defaults to HQ instead of SHQ when I power up. Not any more

VBG!

Kinda thinking about getting a 1.7x or 3.0x for my new C-7070 (really sweet P&S BTW).

Anybody using these? Or are they more trouble than they are worth?

There is a lot to be said for the digital display able review and cull the collection of images

as you go. I wish someone would come up with some kind of thumbnail digital capture in

a film camera!

I think the real challenge is carrying just what you need, and leaving the other goodies at

home or in the car. A small bag helps me in this, because they fill up so quickly. I'm still

fond of the Domke 5X-B

Smaller, OK, my runner up was the Casio Exilim EX-P700, but it is pushing your budget

limit.

I just bought an Olympus C-7070 that is within your budget. I did a bunch of research

before making my selection. 24-hours later I have now been through the manual and shot

the thing quite a bit. I am totally impressed, very versatile camera that takes fine pictures.

It is rather advanced, but also has "Program" mode that does point and shoot very well.

I recommend you look at it.

PS, avoid Kodak.

You'll do fine, keep practicing.

On the focus alignment, just imagine two parallel planes, one is the film plane the other is

a plane the point of focus is in. When you recompose, keep the two planes parallel and

you'll stay in focus. Therefore, you most move the camera laterally, not rotate it, to shift

focus points. Remember that most all Leica lenses exhibit very minimal curvature of field.

Good luck.

Please excuse this somewhat OT post. Are any of the current crop of vest pocket digi-

cams worthy street shooters? Such as quick to turn on and shoot the first frame, short lag

time. fast lenses, ability to turn off the auto-flash, turn off the TFT display with optical

view finder, etc.?

Thanks...

How ironic. As an avid shooter and one infected with BRD, I can tell you that many

shooters look to camera bags as a 'discrete' alternative.

I've decided to get an LTM camera, and I'm pretty well set on a IIIf, maybe a IIIc. So I'm

looking around and Ritzcam.com, KEH.com, Tamarkin, etc. But what am I looking for? A

good finder mirror, a recent CLA, a good shutter? What do I ask the seller on the phone?

How the heck do a find a good user? Should I just plan on doing a CLA on whatever I find?

Thanks for your advice, and

anybody got a nice user they're looking to sell at a fair price? Oh yeah, what is a fair price,

BTW?

Ha ha ha! No more books, I promise! Look if I was THAT Dan Brown, I wouldn't be

thinking about a user M6, I'd commission an "HMS Dan Brown"!

Wet darkroom, 11x14 and 16x20 prints from Delta 400 in XTOL 1:1.

I'm back shooting Delta 400 with an old Nikon after some time in the digital world. I miss

my M6TTL, and I'm kinda-sorta, thinking about getting another Leica.

What is an M6 classic going to cost these days, and where are the best deals? The prices

look like they went up at the big dealer sites.

Or, just talk me out of it ;^)

I second what Greg S said about the MF v. AF issue with a D70. I sold a 300/2.8 MF

Tokina to finance my 300/4AF. I'm really glad I did because my percentage of in-focus

shot went up manifold, so di dmy shooting enjoyment. MF'ing on a D70, even a relatively

fast lens like an f2.8, is a pain in the best of conditions.

Brandi; I haven't read the other responses, but my experience is that you MUST get into

reading the historgram and tweaking the exposure a bit with a digital camera. A lot will

depend on the contrast of the scene, but the NIkon meter is strongly biased to not blow

the highlights. This is good, because the apparent underexposure can be corrected fairly

easily in post production. The blown highlights cannot. If what you want is good looking

pics in JPEG format right out of the camera, then start looking at the histogram and then

add some under/under compensation to get the historgram over to the right side without

any clipping. I suggest you add a bit of warmth with the auto wight balance adjustment

too.

Good luck.

Is there an echo in here...?

Until I recently went digital, I shot the 24/2; 50/1.4 and 105/1.8 AI-s Nikkors as a 3-lens

kit with an F3hp. Fast, bright, sharp, perfect, IMHO.