[Leica] Which camera would you always carry on yourpocket?

[msmall at aya.yale.edu (Marc James Small)]

>My standard glove-box camera is a Rolleiflex 
>35S, which is a really deadly camera, accurate, 
>user-friendly, light, and capable of abosrbing 
>remarkable amounts of damage while continuing to 
>function.  Other options I occasionally take are 
>a Werra III and my Old Reliable, the Leica IIIc 
>with its 2/5cm Summitar.  But that Rollei 35S is 
>really hard to beat for snap shots.


Do not fret your knickers over the 
batteries:  switching to silver-oxide cells with 
a spacer will preserve the meter and will ensure 
accuracy sufficient for slide film   (Yes, yes, 
yes, I realize that Bob Shell has pontificated 
for years that slide film requires 1/6 stop 
accuracy for a light meter but this is easily met 
by the klutzes like me who almost always 
bracket.)  So, a Rollei 35S and a small Vivitar 
flash, and Bob is, once again, your uncle.  Fits 
in the pocket on my pullover (appropriately 
enough, as my pullover bears the ZEISS logo on 
it, in commemoration of that stunningly fine 
Zeiss Sonnar lens).  If the weather is nippy, 
I'll pull my Dad's WWII duck shell parka on, and 
the pockets on THAT are large enough to damn near 
accomodate a Ha$$elblad or Rolleiflex TLR.

For simply portability and common sense, go with 
the Rolleiflex 35 or 35S.  Either one will do you 
well, and a Singapore model will serve you as 
properly as will one built in the Vaterland.

Marc


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