Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/08

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Subject: [Leica] Re: OM as Leica of SLRs
From: lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Fri Jun 8 16:34:56 2007
References: <200706082218.l58MHVrw021486@server1.waverley.reid.org>
 
On Jun 8, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Doug Herr wrote:

> Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>> The pictures are excellent whatever camera was used.
>
> agreed!  Keep posting!
>
>> Besides the Olympus OM cameras are the best SLRs ever made. They  
>> are the
> Leicas
>> of SLRs.
>
> We might differ here... depends on what properties of the Leica
> rangefinders you find most important.  I've always thought the  
> Leicaflex SL
> was the Leica of SLRs ;-)


I'm an unreconstructed fan of the later III series Leicas. Small  
size, convenience, portability, good handling, decent lenses. The  
Olympus OM SLRs fit that bill nicely. The Leicaflex SL was made of  
discarded parts of Tiger tanks. ;-)

Larry Z
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