Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amen! And, I would add the Retina IIa folder (the IIIc with its built-in meter was too big) and for cameras of more recent vintage, the Olympus XA and Stulus Epic to the list of TRUE Leica-sized cameras. >On 11/14/05 7:03 AM, "Mark Langer" <langeratcarleton@gmail.com> typed: > >> The term "Texas Leica" seems to be applied to giant medium format >> rangefinders, like the Fuji or Mamiya. I was playing around with a Fuji >> at a >> camera show in Montreal a couple of weeks ago, and while the >> range/viewfinder was remarkably bright and contrasty, I found the >> enormous >> bulk ot the camera (the "Texas" part of the package) just went against >> the >> Leica philosophy. I am a great fan of medium format folders, and my idea >> of > >>snippet< >> Mark >> >To me the Leica philosophy of camera size went out with the M system in >1954. >To me by far the TRUE size of a Leica is the size of a Barnack. A Leica >thread mount camera. Fits in your pocket. Not so M. too big. Clunky. > > >Mark Rabiner >Photography >Portland Oregon >http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA