ravi_bindra1

<p>If the purpose is to learn photography, dare I say it, get a digital camera. Instant feedback, no issues with film types, loading, developing, scanning inconsistencies that add different dimensions to that of learning composition and camera technique.<br> <br />Get a film camera if you love the film experience. At an outing with friends and their families, I took about a hundred shots at a beer festival with a digital camera and 36 with a film camera ... everyone loved and wanted reprints from the film shots.<br> <br />As for what an A1 is worth. All depends on how thorough the CLA was. I have a few A1s and sent two in for CLA, I got one back as the other died while trying to get rid of the shutter squeek. <br> I also agree with the other poster - the T90 is a better camera for a similar price, but is larger. The F1-new is also outstanding in use. </p>

<p>The only pancake I have is the MS Optical 24mm f4 triplet.<br> <br />It gives images very different to my 24 Elmarit. </p>

<p>Same for me Brian and I dont want another login account somewhere.<br> I like Leica cameras and lenses, but I prefer my Zeiss Ikon ZM to my M7 as the finder is clearer, frame lines more visible, shutter speed goes to 1/2000 and it has a "modern" design for the door. I do not find the Leica removable base plate cute but a huge pain, especially for digital cameras. But I love my refurbished M3 and its viewfinder.<br> What I like most about Leica lenses, is that I know even wide open they are still sharper than most other brands. They are assembled and checked for quality - look at the range of results when Roger Cicala tests lenses. When I buy a Leica lens, I just buy the one in the box. When I buy anything else, I take my camera, tripod and laptop and test a few lenses outside to see which one is sharper. And yes I can see on the screen that there is a variance between them.<br> <br />Saying that - I picked up a broken Contax II and Sonnar 50 f1,5 lens, which may be my favourite 50mm for the next few months. Handling the Contax was so pleasurable that I have sent it off for repairs.<br> So Leica were not the only company to produce high quality products, but they still do produce high quality well machined products. </p>

<p>Sorry Kin, I disagree. A Leica R 28-90 zoom lens was going for around $2000 5 years ago but now they are $6-7000. Same for a few other R lenses such as the 35-70 f2.8 which have gone from $5,000 when the DMR was discontinued to $16,000 now as film makers want them. I do not have either but do have a few other less desirable ones which are still more now than I paid for them. Same with my M7 bought second hand, which has made a slight increase above inflation. <br> They were not bought as investments but because I like the feel of well engineered devices that do as I want them to and not as some electronics engineer thinks they should do. </p>

<p>I am not a purist who thinks you must never assist wild animals, but I do wonder if the high sugar content of corn and fruit peel would rot their teeth? I know these are natural foods but dont know if "in the olden days" these would feature often in the diet of deer? </p>