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Don’t buy a Leica M until you’ve considered THIS | Barnack v.s. Leica M 35mm film rangefinders

If you are lusting after a film rangefinder, you are certainly researching all you can about the M2 and M3 (if you are looking at an M5, you are awesome but we'll need to address that in another video) - but I URGE you to go further back in time and consider the Barnack Leicas. In this video I'll go over the differences between these Leica epochs, and why a Barnack might be the camera you are looking for.

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