Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In article <v01510101ae745c37d910@[204.144.250.74]>, Henry Chu <doctorc8@stout.entertain.com> writes >I have two CL's. One with a 40 summicron is used by my daughter and the >other with a 35 summicron I keep in my briefcase and is my constant >companion. Occasionally I put a 28 rokkor on it with a 28mm bright line >finder. Although the CL is not as solid as the M's, it is very pocketable. These various messages about the CL have made me curious. I've never handled one so I obviously don't know what i'm missing, but so far I don't really understand the attraction. They won't allow collapsible lenses to be collapsed into the body, so I assume, perhaps wrongly?- that they are no more pocketable than an M with a collapsible lens on it. Or are they? I can see that with a 35 Summicron it would be no deeper than the same lens mounted on an M6, which is about the same depth as it is with a collapsible 50mm on it. Are they really tiny in comparison to an M? Can anybody explain to me what the attraction is? -- joe b.