Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The CLE is one of the best cameras EVER made, BUT Minolta deserted it and it has issues of reliablility: I had the complete set. Camera, lenses, leather case. Best camera I ever had TILL it began to fail: exposure meter problems and Minolta disowned it. The 28 mm lens also had a habit of "separation": but the images were still great. I hated Minolta for not backing the camera. I will not buy Minolta. Cheers On 26/04/2005, at 1:21 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Richard, > > I have a CL bought from Sonny last year, and I have found it to be a > very reliable little travel camera. Most of the pictures on my Seville > site are shot with it. The rangefinder base is short, so trying to > focus a 90mm lens accurately is a bit hit or miss. But with the 40mm > lens it works fine. > > The CL is the Leica model. After Leica discontinued it, Minolta > carried on and made the CLE. It has more automation (an > aperture-priority mode) and as far as I remember it has some quirky > feature, like the meter not working in manual mode or something like > that. I would get the CL over the CLE. > > Nathan > > Richard wrote: >> I wish I have jumped on Karen's CL offer :-) Anyway, I am looking for >> a small M mount camera for backup and the CL/CLE look to be pretty >> good choice. I have read all I could on Stephan Gandy's site and I >> still haven't quite decided which one to get yet. Any practical user >> level suggestions? >> I'd imagine that this is a put a 40/2 or a 35/2 and leave it in the >> shirt pocket type of camera. >> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, >> please use richard at imagecraft.com) >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair