[Leica] Which camera would you always carry on your pocket?

[luisripoll at telefonica.net (Luis Ripoll)]

Thanks Bart for all your details, I was not thinking at Nikon but I'll take
a look.

Saludos cordiales,
Luis

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De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de
Bartphotog@aol.com
Enviado el: martes, 05 de septiembre de 2006 6:19
Para: lug@leica-users.org
Asunto: Re: [Leica] Which camera would you always carry on your pocket?


In a message dated 9/4/06 2:58:44 PM, luisripoll@telefonica.net writes:

<< Some days ago I was reading B.D. recommendation to carry always a camera
on
your pocket ... I'm thinking on different possibilities and I would like to 
know your
experiences and opinions. >>

I've had a lot of satisfaction (often a result of having the camera with me,

whereas I wouldn't have had a larger one because I wasn't really
anticipating 
good shootng opportunities!), and very fine pictures, from my Nikon 35Ti.
It 
has autofocus (in my experience quite accurate, with a clear in-finder 
indication of the focusing spot) and a manual infinity setting); programmed
or 
aperture-preferred matrix autoexposure, with +/- 2 stops compensation in 1/3
stop 
increments; a "T" position for long timed exposures; a very sharp 35/2.8
Nikkor 
lens that focuses to about 16 inches; a quite bright finder with normal, 
closeup, and extreme closeup projected parallax-correction frames, the
latter of 
which appear in the finder only when the camera focuses to within their 
respective ranges, and a shutter speed readout; and a built-in flash (with
selectable 
anti-redeye preflash) that can be set to default to autoflash or to no
flash, 
with the opposite setting available by pushing a button rather than fooling 
with the menus.  The body is solid titanium, and the camera is quite sturdy,
as 
I have accidentally proven with a couple of drops.  The lens retracts into
the 
body behind a sliding cover plate when the camera is turned off, making the 
camera nearly, if not quite, as pocketable as my Rollei 35.  It has sexy 
analog-needle displays of focusing distance, selected aperture, frame
number, and 
exposure compensation, and they illuminate in red with the push of a button.
It 
takes readily available Li batteries to power the meter, shutter, and
(rather 
loud :<( ) motor wind.  I find it a delight to use and handle, with a
density 
and precision feel not unlike a Leica M camera!  Try one, you might like it!

Bart

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