Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I keep hearing the argument that the M is light and I can't help disagreeing. I think it's pretty heavy, actually. No, not as heavy as a quality SLR. But just as the idea doesn't occur to me to put my SLRs into my suit pockets, I am terrified at the idea of having to put an M-Leica in my suit. Not only will I look like a bum, it will soon deform my very nice suit jackets. - --- I doubt that Buzz was suggesting that you stuff an M6 in the pocket of your Armani before you go into a business meeting....The point is that you can use a the pockets of, say, a nice worn Harris Tweed jacket, or light summer jacket, to carry the camera and a spare lens. Which is more important to you - sartorial splendor, or photography? I believe that if you want to compare the M for weight, you shouldn't compare it to the traditional SLR, but to a modern point and shoot. Because that's what the M competes with: - ---- In a pig's eye it does...If you've bought an M as a P&S you are really wasting your money and a terrific photographic instrument. The M competes with top of the line SLRs, in terms of its optics, and in terms of what most people use it for. It is a top quality all mechanical camera, that because it is a rangefinder is smaller, lighter, and more compact than any of the other top quality cameras around.