Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In message <Pine.SUN.3.91.960229210402.3850B-100000@wheeler>, Ed Hackett <edh@maxey.dri.edu> writes >If anybody is interested, I'd be glad to give a review of the Mini II. >If you're thinking of getting a camera in that class, it's certainly >worth checking out. I have various grown-up Leica stuff but no plastic pocket incarnation at all. I do feel the need for a real point-and-shoot sometimes. I had a Yashica T4 for a day once, a couple of years ago; when it arrived I discovered, to my amazement (and intense annoyance), that there was a delay of something like half a second while the damm thing moved the lens into position, even when I'd prefocused. I sent it off to be sold again the next day. As far as I'm concerned a camera that won't take the picture *when* I want it to is no better than a camera that takes the picture pointing in the wrong direction! That was my last point & shoot. If you could review the Mini II I would be interested. The lack of lens cover is a minus point, but if the timing is good and the pictures are sharp then I could live with it by keeping it in a soft case. The only bad thing I heard about this camera was one model that was tested had inaccurate exposure for slide film. I would be particularly interested in your experience with this aspect, and the lens quality of course, especially for big prints. BTW, owning other Leica stuff is simply a matter of determination, not money, as many would have you believe. Just don't let stuff like automobiles, holidays and houses distract you and you'll get there. Well it worked for me... joe b.