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A potentially daft question

Started Mar 28, 2021 | Questions thread
GossCTP Veteran Member • Posts: 6,205
Re: A potentially daft question

Leica was in many respects the company that made the 35mm format what it is. To that end, they have a lot of collectors that love them, and that always drives up prices. The best argument I have seen for Leica is that (probably because of their prices) older models are often still supported. If you have the money laying around for such a camera, perhaps your time is more valuable than what they charge for this premium.

There are tons of old rangefinders out there - some of them Minoltas. In my limited experience, the models built in the late '50s seem to be the most solid, though lacking in metering. After the '50s, SLRs sucked all the air out of the market and rangefinders in general lost their brief reign at the top of the food chain.

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