P3D Re: VerascopeF40/Belplasca

["Ray Moxom" <raymoxom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In P3D 3569 Howard D Wade asked:
>I've been wanting to move up a couple perfs from my Realist and may have an
>opportunity to buy either a Jules Richard Busch Verascope F40 or a
>Belplasca. I'm familiar with the Belplasca but don't know how it compares
to
>the Verascope. Anybody with any experience or knowledge with both? On or
off
>list advice needed. Thanks.

My opinion is that the F40 is the best built camera from a mechanical piont
of view, but he Belplasca has the better lenses and takes the better
pictures. Lens shades are a must with the F40 to avoid lens flair. An F40
with replacement Nikon or Olympus lenses is the the way to go if you are
brave enough to give this a try or if you know someone who can do this for
you locally.

I will email you (off list) a 'pdf' version of an article on the F40 that
you may find interesting.

Ray Moxom