Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:47 PM 08/07/96 -0700, you wrote: >At 08:36 PM 7/8/96 -0400, you wrote: > >>There are times, such as a visit by Grandma, a company event, a graduation >>ceremony etc, where even an M Leica can be too intrusive and inappropriate. >>A pocketable point and shoot is the order of the day and this little gem >>fits that description to a tee. > >Help me here. I'm having a hard time seeing where a camera with a built-in >flash, noisy little winder and who knows what else being less intrusive than >an M6. Is it just me? <g> > Yes Eric, it's just you! :-) The ELPH fits comfortably in the shirt pocket or pocket of your trousers -- except for depth, about the size of a business card, all clad in stainless steel. It doesn't even raise a bump in a jacket. It has a 2:1 zoom with 2 aspherical glass elements, passive as well as active autofocus, intellegent flash with 5 selectable modes including flash off, daylight syncro, red eye reduction, etc; time exposure to 2 seconds and the full range of APS features. I find it totally captivating. I had a company dinner / BBQ at my house one evening over the weekend -- about 16 people. being the good host that I am, there's no way I would have walked around with my M6 and a flash taking pictures. But the ELPH was in my pocket the whole time and I comfortably shot a couple of rolls. Didn't even have to put down my vodka tonic. Cheers, Michael