The downside is that you need separate VF's for each lens other than the 50mm, but that depends upon the range of optics you may want to use.
Although less quick to use with its separate viewer, the 1.5X magnified in-built rangefinder of the IIIf is as accurate or more so than the Bessa VF-RF. I use the generally accurate Voigtlander-Cosina VFs with mine as they are less expensive than equivalent used Leica finders. With an add on VF it is very useable, as Soeren has said in regard to use of wide angle optics. I generally use a Nikon rangefinder nowadays, my Leica M cameras are collecting dust.įrancesco, I may be repeating some things already said, but if you intend to shoot mainly wide angle lenses then you may be comfortable with a Leica IIIf model which is relatively inexpensive interchangable optics body and a very smooth, quiet and rugged machine, which may be dated but is very compact and pleasurable to use. The viewfinder, the knob-style winder, or the easy-to-lose film spool. I do like the Contax, but I don't care much for On my own digital tester and found that his adjustments were spot on. Replacing the shutter ribbons and doing a great CLA, and the cost was only $100 or so. I sent a Contax II to Oleg in the Ukraine, and he did a brilliant job of Repairs for either camera need not be expensive. The Nikkor lens is also a superb performer. The standard lens for the Nikon is the Nikkorĥ0mm f/1.4, which is fairly easy to find, and relatively inexpensive. S2 operates just as smoothly as a Leica M, and is usually more quiet. Also, it doesn't have a separate film take-up spool like the Contax.
The Nikon has a better viewfinder with a bright line frame for 50mm lenses, and it has an Between the Contax IIA and Nikon S2, I would choose I own pretty much every camera mentioned in this thread so far. For what it's worth, I've used both the S2 and IIIf in low to moderate, but not heavy, usage, and have had no trouble with either. If you don't mind a squinty 50mm VF and separate but accurate RF window, the Leica IIIf is an extremely well made camera if you buy one in mint or excellent condition and that has been recently CLA'd. Voigtlander-Cosina makes some nice optics for both LTM and M mounts as well as Nikon/Contax, as well as add on VFs. I have never liked the clunky shutter of Cosina camera bodies, but that is a personal hang-up. Certainly a Bessa R2 is an inexpensive and competent modern rangefinder with interchangeable lenses. Cosina made Nikon mount lenses for a period up to a few years ago and these might be easier to find. Available OEM optics for either, as mentioned, are not easy to find. The Leica type shutter of the Nikon is more reliable and overall it is an easier camera to repair than the Zeiss. The Nikon S2, a very well made camera, borrowed a lot from the Contax design except the shutter.
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