[Leica] Which camera would you always carry on your pocket?

[Bartphotog at aol.com (Bartphotog@aol.com)]

In a message dated 9/4/06 2:58:44 PM, luisripoll@telefonica.net writes:

<< Some days ago I was reading B.D. recommendation to carry always a camera 
on
your pocket ... I'm thinking on different possibilities and I would like to 
know your
experiences and opinions. >>

I've had a lot of satisfaction (often a result of having the camera with me, 
whereas I wouldn't have had a larger one because I wasn't really 
anticipating 
good shootng opportunities!), and very fine pictures, from my Nikon 35Ti.  
It 
has autofocus (in my experience quite accurate, with a clear in-finder 
indication of the focusing spot) and a manual infinity setting); programmed 
or 
aperture-preferred matrix autoexposure, with +/- 2 stops compensation in 1/3 
stop 
increments; a "T" position for long timed exposures; a very sharp 35/2.8 
Nikkor 
lens that focuses to about 16 inches; a quite bright finder with normal, 
closeup, and extreme closeup projected parallax-correction frames, the 
latter of 
which appear in the finder only when the camera focuses to within their 
respective ranges, and a shutter speed readout; and a built-in flash (with 
selectable 
anti-redeye preflash) that can be set to default to autoflash or to no 
flash, 
with the opposite setting available by pushing a button rather than fooling 
with the menus.  The body is solid titanium, and the camera is quite sturdy, 
as 
I have accidentally proven with a couple of drops.  The lens retracts into 
the 
body behind a sliding cover plate when the camera is turned off, making the 
camera nearly, if not quite, as pocketable as my Rollei 35.  It has sexy 
analog-needle displays of focusing distance, selected aperture, frame 
number, and 
exposure compensation, and they illuminate in red with the push of a button. 
 It 
takes readily available Li batteries to power the meter, shutter, and 
(rather 
loud :<( ) motor wind.  I find it a delight to use and handle, with a 
density 
and precision feel not unlike a Leica M camera!  Try one, you might like it!

Bart