Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/15

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Subject: Light, portable camera
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:00:07 -0500

At 11:18 AM 11/15/96 -0800, Oddmund Garvik wrote:

>I need a small, simple, and discrete in-pocket camera, which I can
>always bring with me. I am a little fed up with *shoulder cameras* and
>photobags. Even the M is too heavy for everyday use. I want a
>point-and-shoot that gives me creative control as well as the ability to
>take a brainless 1 second picture.


Hmm.  I suggest you take a gander at a used Rollei 35.  Save for the scale
focusing, it's everything you're asking for, costs less than the Minilux,
and has a superb lens.  And it's the smallest package which can be had
around a spool of 35mm film -- it's smaller than anything else on the market.

Marc

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