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Hi Bill,

I've not used a Bessa - I did come close to buying the L model (the one without any viewfinder/rangefinder which they made for use with the wideangles) as an alternative to using my very precious (to me) lllf so much, but I just knew after handling it that it wouldn't be the same and I'd miss and revert back to the Leica.

It will sound silly to some but there just wasnt the same tactile experience of using the lllf and like you, I'm sure that would in some way affect my photography too.

Maybe not that silly though. I recall a famous author (although I can't recall exactly who!) saying that they used different types of pen/pencil and paper depending on what they were writing - they were writing a short story at the time, wanted a casual style to it and chose a cheap notepad and bic biro. More poetic writing was done on handmade paper with an expensive fountain pen.