Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is certainly much shorter. At 11:42 AM 8/31/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Hello Nathan, > >you wrote: > > What I did not like about the Minilux was its size and even > > more its ergonomics. > >... > > I now use a Rollei 35 with its excellent 2.8/40mm Sonnar lens. > >It's been a while since I handled a Rollei 35; could you confirm >that the Rollei 35 is indeed smaller than the Minilux ? My impression >was that it maybe so. Thanks in advance for the clarification, > >- Phong > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Nathan > > Wajsman > > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:09 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Small pocketable camera > > > > > > Hi Logan, > > > > I will second those who recommended the Ricoh GR1v--IF you can live > with 28mm > > as your normal lens. For me it was too wide, so I sold it. I have in > the past > > owned a Leica Minilux (not the zoom), and as other have said, the lens is > > excellent, and 40mm is a very nice general-use focal length. What I did not > > like about the Minilux was its size and even more its ergonomics. > Especially > > when it comes to flash: the default mode is auto flash, while my own > default > > mode is no flash. To go from auto flash to no flash I had to press a small > > button 7 times--and when I turned the camera off it returned to the > auto mode. > > This finally became so irritating that I dumped the thing. > > > > I now use a Rollei 35 with its excellent 2.8/40mm Sonnar lens. It has > the only > > electronic thing I need--a light meter--and the lack of a rangefinder or > > autofocus has proved to be relatively unproblematic. I am almost always > able to > > estimate the distance well enough to be within the lens's DOF, and if > the light > > is good I just set the lens to its hyperfocal distance and forget about it. > > This little Rollei is a real gem. > > > > Nathan > > > > > > > > Logan Reinwood wrote: > > > > > HI, > > > > > > However a M is not a big camera, it migth be too big sometimes to carry > > > along. I have a lomo that I take sometimes in my pocket. But it is > more fun > > > than really good, the lens is not good at least not good for making big > > > prints, etc. > > > > > > I am thinking to buy something else, and I am considering a Rollei 35. > > > The only drawback I see with the rollei is the manual guessing > focsussing. > > > Is that a problem? > > > I was also considering a minilux, but it is almost as big as an M. > > > > > > What do lugger use as a smalller camera when a M is too big? > > > > > > any comment? > > > > > > TIA, logan > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > Nathan Wajsman > > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html