Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin wrote: > > > stumbling oafs porting > > Hasselblads. > > I am willing to bet a dollar and a donut I have traveled equally as > difficult a place with my Hasselblad as most have traveled with their > Leica...I have not stumbled, nor am I an oaf. In fact, the pictures were > superb, and I would not have trusted them to any other camera.... It > depends on how adept you are at carrying it...and that would hold true with > a Leica. > > I weighed my 2003FC/W, PME3 finder, 110/2 lense and winder, and it was only > about %20 heavier than my M6 with 75/1.4, and NO winder.... So, despite > the smaller volume the Leica occupies, it isn't really that much lighter > than a comparably equipped Hasselblad... > > Oh yeah, and have any Leicas ever been to the moon? Harrumph....... > > ------------------ I agree Hasselblad stuff does not have to be so terribly heavy and bulky if you choose the smaller and lighter stuff. But some of your stuff here seems on the heavy side Austin! "PME3 finder, 110/2 lense and winder"!!!??? Myself I like the folding finder and use the 80mm lens when ever possible and a regular CM body. This was my hasselblad slips into the same little Lowepro case my Rolleiflex does and can be just as handy. I also like the Selenium Meter crank! Weighs an once and works! Mark Rabiner