Hello from Katy, Texas

[cougmantx]

Thank you for the add. It seems DPReview will be sorely missed. I shoot the Lecia M3, Nikon Rangefinder, Contax iia rangefinder and Lumix G9 and S5. Is anyone on here from the Houston area?

 

[dirk]

 

[Smaug]

Welcome, from SE Wisconsin!

Are you on rangefinderforum.com too? Seems like a great fit. Of course HERE is a great fit too. I’m a member at DPR too, but this place is a lot better run. We just need to start participating here instead to get it built up.

I’m shooting mostly Nikon Z these days.

 

[CharlesPhillips]

I am in Clear Lake and use a Nikon D300s, I take all kinds of photos but the most interesting is of satellites. I am a member of an international group of astronomers and we track satellites.

 

[mkuhlma]

I shoot the [...] Contax iia rangefinder

Very nice and quiet camera . It's very good value for money. Are you still using it?

 

[cougmantx]

Very nice and quiet camera . It's very good value for money. Are you still using it?

Yes, but I like the Leica M3 rangefinder better.

 

[Barbie Heid]

Welcome!

 

[CharlesPhillips]

If cougmantx is in the Houston, Texas region I would like to talk to you. Charles

 

[mkuhlma]

Yes, but I like the Leica M3 rangefinder better.

I understand very well. Obviously the M3 has outdone the postwar Contax IIa/IIIa by far in 1954.
In fact, it's 18 years younger than the "Contax base", the prewar II and III. Especially the finder itself.

If I had got enough money for two M3 bodies and four lenses (like my nice Contax gear) I would try it, too.
As for the lenses, I have begun to appreciate the uncoated Zeiss ones (prewar). Something I wouldn't be able to find for an M3 .