Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/16

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Subject: Re: M5, CL lugs, and lugging around Leicas
From: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 97 00:48:01 -0400
 
>Later a friend with army experience and I were mixing stories and
>metaphors. We decided that if you compared my cameras to his W.W.II rifles,
>then the CL with 21mm was like an M1 carbine - small and great for close in
>shooting; the M6 had to be the venerable all-purpose M1 Garand; and the SL
>with big lens could only be compared to a BAR (and weighed almost as much).
>In any case, it turned out to be a superb combination of Leica's to capture
>the people and spirit of an event.

And if you had a Minilux or a Rollei 35, it would be the Derringer in 
your pocket.