Bricks 寫:
為何喜好M4, 請問優點何在?
M6 Classic 又如何, 為何不選 M6TTL, 請問大大認為分別在那裡?
Again just my personal comment.......
M4: The viewfinder of M4 is brighter than M2 / M3, with quick film load (actually still not very quick.....), the craftmanship of M4 still retain the high standard of vintage M2 / M3 (for which all later models cannot achieve......)
M6 Classic: Personally I prefer the outlook of the M6 classic than M6 TTL (with its taller body and large-size shutter knob....)
If you decided to go for Zeiss Ikon, probably the only reason is for its viewfinder! Remember that the rangefinder mechanism is always the most expensive part in a RF camera, probably the main reason for the higher price of Zeiss Ikon. The effective base length of Zeiss Ikon (0.74x) is longer than Leica with 0.72x view, while still lower than the 0.85x or the 0.91x of M3. So I am quite not agree that Zeiss Ikon is just a "calibrated" Bessas, at least the Bessas do not have the features like parallex correction, auto frameline selection etc......
The viewfinder of Zeiss Ikon is the brightest and largest that I ever tried for all kinds of RF cameras including Leica. The high eye point design is especially good for eyeglasses users, and I can easily see the 28mm frameline from a Zeiss Ikon. Yet because of the high eye point deisgn you will need to keep your eye not to deviate too much from the center position or else the rangefinder patch would easily get disappeared......
Zeiss Ikon is said to have a different shutter design for a more quiet shutter than the Bessas...........yet I have no way to prove but you can see the first curtain on Zeiss Ikon is having a different metering pattern comparing with the Bessas
The viewfinder mechanism of Zeiss Ikon is actually quite similar to Leica M3 (which is different from current Leica M), so the parallex correction mechanism design is different as well. On Leica, both the frameline and the rangefinder patch would be moved for parallex correction, while on Zeiss Ikon only the frame lines would be moved for the correction.
Again, as I had always said, the best combo (if one can afford) for RF is always any mechanical Leica M plus a Zeiss Ikon RF.........if budget is not a concern!
(Assume a 2nd hand M6 classic + new Zeiss Ikon to be $12000 + $8500 something..........)