Re: [Leica] What are some other camera brands non-Leica which people here use?

[MEBérubé <photog@pivot.net>]

Day to day carry camera: beat up IIIc with Elmar 50/3.5

Just traded my Bessa R for a second Nikon FM2 so now the IIIc has all to 
itself:an Ultron (35/1.5), a Jupiter 3 (50/1.5), a Jupiter 9 (85/2) and a 
Hektor (135/4.5) Someday I'll get a Ukrainian Universal finder for it (or a 
bunch of brightlines) Also considering adding a new 21/4, swaping the J3 
for a Nokton and maybe even the J9 for a CV 90/3.5 too. Perhaps if I can 
find an M4 user cheaply someday, I'll pick it up so the IIIc doesn't feel 
lonely.

My "cash cow" is an MD12 driven, black Nikon FM2n (and will welcome the 
second FM2n body in chrome) usually with an attached 35-85/2.8 (huge old 
Vivitar Series 1 from the early 80s) and a 285HV on a Bachrach bracket high 
over the lens with a 273/slave I also have in the SLR arsenal a Nikkor AF 
24/2.8, a Nikkor 50/1.8 (IMO the best and least expensive Nikon glass on 
the market!) a cheap off brand 80-200/4 zoom just to hold me until I can 
afford the new Nikkor AF version and an old MF Vivitar X2 Macro extender 
which offers great 1:1 coverage coupled with the 50/1.8. I want to get a 
Nikkor AF180/2.8 next and will hold off on the FM3a (which I've played with 
and love, but don't need) for a while. Someday also a D1x or Fuji S1 to 
allow me a digital option.

I just traded to the Nikon gear after years of shooting with Minoltas 
(SRT102 and XE7) and kept my first SRT102 (really ugly/beautifully brassed 
black paint) for sentimental reasons that I'll probably pass on to my 
daughters as their first real camera. Kept a 50/1.4 and a X2 Vivitar 
extender for the minolta.

I've got my first camera a Kodak Retinette (not working at present, but 
$125 to fix so it waits for me to do so) and a Walz Envoy 35 which was my 
first real RF that caused me to want a Leica.

A Digilux Zoom with 34MB card that stays with me all day every day. I found 
a Digicopy too...(thanks to Rich of Photovilla!) which is my only slide 
copy option at the moment but it works well.

Finally, I have a Yashica Mat 124g that was just completely overhauled for 
$130 by Mark Hama. A great little camera for what it cost me. ($180 total 
so far in the 14 years I've had it.)

Carpe Luminem,
Michael E. Berube
http://www.GoodPhotos.com/1aWk.html