Digital BW, The Print

I love my Contax G system for all the same reasons as Richard: image
quality & autofocus that's spot on 99% of the time. 

But there is another factor. I have $2,100 invested in two bodies,
21mm Biogon, 28mm Biogon, 35mm Planar, 45mm Planar & 90mm Sonar
(mostly all used). For that same amount of money, I could buy one M6
body and one lens. 

The Contax system is not perfect all the time. I considered a Leica in
addition but when I added up the costs, I decided to buy a car instead.

Bob Michaels 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Sintchak
<richcontaxg@s...> wrote:
> 
> Sunday, April 11, 2004, 4:39:20 PM, you wrote:
> 
> AH> Hi Richard,
> 
> AH> I guess the short answer probably stems from my being a fairly
longtime user
> AH> of Leica Ms. I tried the Contax G2, briefly, when it first came
out and
> AH> didn't like the viewfinder at all. I use the HM Leicas and, by
comparison,
> AH> the G2 made me feel as if I was peering through a tiny hole.
Quite a bit
> AH> darker, too.
> 
> AH> I did very much like the results, though, from the excellent
glass available
> AH> for that camera.
> 
> AH> Alan Huntley
> 
> Makes sense. Thanks. I too long for a better viewfinder for my G2 and
> it's why I'll adding an M body to my collection before too long. I
> want it for the quieter shutter and easier use in low light. Meanwhile
> I still love my G2 as I find it lighting fast for focus and I get some
> nice street shots I would have probably not gotten otherwise. Plus my
> affection of the unbelievable sharpness and contrast I get from the 45
> Planar and 28 Biogon. Yet I yearn for the look I see one can get with
> the 50 M lenses too. Which is why I want to add that to my arsenal as
> well.
> 
> Struggling a bit as to whether I should get a Bessa R2, or a user M2
> or M3.  Even a user M2/3 can be a pretty penny.  Hoping to find a
> real ugly but working one sometime for cheap. Then it will be on to
> which 50 M lens I should get!
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Richard                            mailto:richard@c...