Looking for camera, must be quiet, good glass and compact.

[patrean]

Hi
I'm looking for a secondhand camera and need some advice. In the past I've owned a Nikon F90x and a Bronica EC-TL both of which I had to sell after falling on hard times. I'm now in the market for a small compact camera which has good glass, preferably with interchangeable lens and most importantly is very quiet...oh... and which won't cost me an arm and a leg. Any advice greatly appreciated.

 

[kemplefan]

do youw ant manual of auto focus

 

[Big Mike]

Welcome to the forum.

How about an old range finder?
A Leica would fit that description...except for the arm and leg part. A Leica will cost both arms and both legs.

Canon EOS Elans are supposed to be very quite...but they're not very compact.

 

[kemplefan]

i have some old minoltas and a sorta old canon
the minolta has a bunch of lenses and is in decent shape, but is a little dirty, on the inside but i think you could fix it easly
the canon is a elan2 not to old but its film and to me thats old

 

[kemplefan]

haha mike as i posted my second one you said somthing about an elan and i ahve a good working one that i jsut mentioned

 

[patrean]

Hi Kemplefan
MF is fine as I expect AF will be more expensive. How much for the minolta with a bunch of lenses in decent shape but is a little dirty? It's too big for my immediate requirements but at some time I'm still keen to get back to an SLR.
Hi Big Mike
Is there such a thing as a reasonably priced Leica?

 

[Big Mike]

I'm not sure about a reasonably priced Leica...all the prices I see are very high. Look around though.

There are Leica clones...not quite the same but cheaper.

 

[kemplefan]

two thing let me make sure that i work befor is ell it to to you i also have to ask my mom becuas they are hers

 

[tgates]

I have a Minolta for sale....
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41186

Asking $175 for the Camera and both lenses.

 

[kemplefan]

here are some pictures of the cmaeras and zoom
prably like 150 or so depend on waht you are gettin in the outhe pacage still ahve to ask mom

 

[kemplefan]

i need to take new pics these are to big but i will put some up

 

[darin3200]

Yashica electro, dirt cheap, non-interchangeable lens (45mm fixed), very quite

Former soviet union cameras, interchangeable, relatively quiet, sometimes good glass, sometimes bad

 

[kemplefan]

cant seem to get my pics up

 

[markc]

It doesn't have interchangeable lenses, but you might like a Canon Canonet.

For swapable lenses, you'll probably have to pay a bit more.
Konica Hexar RF
Voigtlander Bessa

 

[Mitica100]

Some good suggestions up there!...

A Leica M3 would fit your need but they're mucho dinero! Sooo... With that in mind, have you looked at:

35mm:
-Bessa (Voigtländer) RF cameras?
-Vito/Vitomatic (Voigtländer) RF cameras?

MF:
-Rolleis TLR?
-Yashica TLR?
-Mamyia TLR (interchangeable lenses)?
-Zeiss Super Ikonta RF cameras? (someone is selling on this forum a Zeiss)

Just a few...