Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/08

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Subject: [Leica] Re: going manual
From: Summicron1 at aol.com (Summicron1@aol.com)
Date: Fri Oct 8 06:19:42 2004

In a message dated 10/8/04 4:58:19 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes:


> 
> Speaking of going minimal,
> what's a good pocketable 35mm film
> camera with a f2 or faster lens and manual
> settings for speed and aperture ?
> 
> - Phong
> 
F2? hmmm.

A Leica IIIf with a summicron that collapses is the only thing that comes to 
mind.

Kodak retina III-C with the large C for the better viewfinder.

Leica CL is pretty compact. I used to carry it, the tele lens and all the 
spare film I needed in a bicycle bag.

Everything else that comes to mind has a smaller lens -- 2.8 usually -- as 
compact cameras have a short base rangefinder that can't accurately deal 
with an 
F2 lens. The olympus XA with a 2.8 lens is emminently pocketable (I own no 
stock in Olympus, I hasten to add) for that reason.

c trentelman

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