Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, Jack Hamilton wrote: > I think that "prototype" of the Leica of the future has come onto the > market...and it's termed "Leica Mini-lux." > > Now I'm not talking about their $200-300 plastic "toys" that Leica refers > to as "Mini." hey, Hey, HEY! I resemble that remark. I'll not have you refer to my Leica as a _toy_. Get your terminology correct, it's "PPS PHD" Leica (Pressed Pig Shit, Push Here Dummy). PPS being a technical, materials science term describing the polymer used in making the body. :-) Uh oh, now that I've admitted that my Leica is only a Mini II, I'm probably going to get thrown off the list. > These gremlins have mastered the art of designing and using German glass > and lens coatings and then supervising them being put into Japanese > (Panasonic) built bodies. Indeed they have. The lens in the Mini is outstanding for it's class. One of my greatest triumphs as a photographer was due to a picture taken with my Mini. I was in the camera store picking up some enlargements of my girl friend (now wife) taken of her sitting on rock steps covered with fall leaves. As I've come to expect from even that lowly Leica, there is a sense of depth and "presence" to the pictures that you don't see with most other cameras. There was a professional photographer in the store who was at that moment badmouthing Leica for being to expensive and not really having better optics. I turned to him and said that they were really better, and even the Mini was quite good. I showed him the picture and his jaw dropped. He looked at it for a minute and said, "You took _that_ with a Point and Shoot?!" I just smiled. > I think that Leica was testing the waters with the "Mini-Lux" and you will > soon probably see the version of it with interchangeable lenses...and a > price tag competitive with the Contax G series. > > ...AND SO... > > Enter the Leica CL2... Where do I get in line? That would be the perfect camera for me. The Mini is a toy compared to the rest of the line, but it's made a believer out of me. There's going to be a real Leica in my hands someday. If anybody is interested, I'd be glad to give a review of the Mini II. If you're thinking of getting a camera in that class, it's certainly worth checking out. Ed Hackett edh@maxey.dri.edu The Desert Research Institute DoD #0200 WMTC BMWRA DIOC Reno, Nevada (702) 673-7380 KotLS KotLE DotD #0003 I'm not really a chemist, I'm just one of BMW K100RS, Moto Morini Camel them motorsickle sonsabitches. __=o&o>__