Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Logan, I will second those who recommended the Ricoh GR1v--IF you can live with 28mm as your normal lens. For me it was too wide, so I sold it. I have in the past owned a Leica Minilux (not the zoom), and as other have said, the lens is excellent, and 40mm is a very nice general-use focal length. What I did not like about the Minilux was its size and even more its ergonomics. Especially when it comes to flash: the default mode is auto flash, while my own default mode is no flash. To go from auto flash to no flash I had to press a small button 7 times--and when I turned the camera off it returned to the auto mode. This finally became so irritating that I dumped the thing. I now use a Rollei 35 with its excellent 2.8/40mm Sonnar lens. It has the only electronic thing I need--a light meter--and the lack of a rangefinder or autofocus has proved to be relatively unproblematic. I am almost always able to estimate the distance well enough to be within the lens's DOF, and if the light is good I just set the lens to its hyperfocal distance and forget about it. This little Rollei is a real gem. Nathan Logan Reinwood wrote: > HI, > > However a M is not a big camera, it migth be too big sometimes to carry > along. I have a lomo that I take sometimes in my pocket. But it is more fun > than really good, the lens is not good at least not good for making big > prints, etc. > > I am thinking to buy something else, and I am considering a Rollei 35. > The only drawback I see with the rollei is the manual guessing focsussing. > Is that a problem? > I was also considering a minilux, but it is almost as big as an M. > > What do lugger use as a smalller camera when a M is too big? > > any comment? > > TIA, logan > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html