Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Luggers I am setting off on another of my business trips - this time to Toronto, Chicago, Calgary, Saskatoon, Vancouver and then back home to Hong Kong. I have packing and unpacking my Domke 803 to see how much outfit I can fit in and I have decided to take the following: Minolta CLE, 28 Voigtlander Ultron F1.9, 40mm Summicron, 75mm Heliar F2.5 with a Voigtlander 75mm 1:1 viewfinder and the CLE dedicated TTL flash. The 28 with hood is the same height as the 75 with hood and, of course, of bigger diameter and the 40 is nearly a pancake lens it is so stubby. I could take the Leica M6HM, or the Hexar RF but both are much heavier than the CLE. The Bessa R is an alternate light body but that would not provide aperture-preferred automation like the CLE. I guess we will all have to wait a while longer for Mr. Kobayashi and the engineers at Cosina to whip up a Bessa A with aperture preferred programming. I am sure the idea is in the pipeline. I am looking forward to being able to haul the Domke around for hours upon hours and not run into bag weight fatigue - and I think the quality of the images, at least in terms of what these lenses can produce, will be pretty good also. Topic switch: which camera stores should I visit in Chicago - I always go to Central Camera Company on Wabash - but there must be others. Thanks Howard.