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storybrown · 05/14/08, 04:49 AM

James has given excellent, fail-safe pointers. You can't go wrong with his suggestions. But, if not an R3 or R4, maybe a Leicaflex SL body, also with the lens James pointed to. I believe all these are about the least expensive & also excellent entrys for SLRs; they're all rugged, and the SL has the best viewfinder ever, pretty much.

Similarly, for an M, I would start (well, I did start, and never have progressed any further) with a CL. It will take most M lenses, and its CL lenses are superlative.

Screwmounts are for serious people, in my opinion (because of the loading, mainly), and also very special people who are not only serious. (I have one with a broken shutter that won't load and another I can't really get the hang of loading, so I don't count either way.) But if you get going with any of the above, Rs or Ms, I would be willing to bet that you will wind up with a IIIf or IIIg somewhere down the line.

Good luck!

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storybrown Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/09/08 Posts: 144	Re: Hello and Question James has given excellent, fail-safe pointers. You can't go wrong with his suggestions. But, if not an R3 or R4, maybe a Leicaflex SL body, also with the lens James pointed to. I believe all these are about the least expensive & also excellent entrys for SLRs; they're all rugged, and the SL has the best viewfinder ever, pretty much. Similarly, for an M, I would start (well, I did start, and never have progressed any further) with a CL. It will take most M lenses, and its CL lenses are superlative. Screwmounts are for serious people, in my opinion (because of the loading, mainly), and also very special people who are not only serious. (I have one with a broken shutter that won't load and another I can't really get the hang of loading, so I don't count either way.) But if you get going with any of the above, Rs or Ms, I would be willing to bet that you will wind up with a IIIf or IIIg somewhere down the line. Good luck!