Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/15

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Subject: RE: [Leica] On Leica Medium format
From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 10:10:15 -0400
 
> If Leica would make a medium format camera, I'm sure it would be
> preferable to a Hassy,

I am curious, why?

> If I did
> buy the medium format, though, I'm sure I'd take a membership out at the
> gym so that I could be in better shape to haul the heavy camera around.

The Leica M6 with the 75 1.4 is only around %10 lighter than a Hasselblad 
with 110/2.  The Hasselblad body is very light, and is cast/machined 
aluminum.
Replies: Reply from Shel Belinkoff <belinkoff@earthlink.net> ([Leica] 90mm Lenses)