Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/24/07 9:19 AM, "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> typed: > Mark, > If you put a IIIc baseplate to baseplate with an M8 you are only talking > about a couple of mm's thicker and maybe 5mm's higher. This isn't like > handguns where there is a lot of difference between a 32 and a 38, or even > a > 38 to a 40. Of course a 357 compared to a 38 is a very different thing. > Anyway, the difference between a LTM and an M8 is very minor considering > you > get a meter and a motor. Attach a Mooly to a IIIc and you have a > Frankenstein sized camera or at least a D2x. > > Put one of the old LTM lenses on an M8 and you have a very tiny camera. > Say, a 35 Summaron or a 35 Serenar, or a 28 3.5 Canon. Slides right in a > jacket pocket just waiting for something interesting to happen or can be > made to happen. > > Baseplates Smacheplates put an M1-6 next to a IIIA-G and it Dwarfs seven ways. Pocketablity Spunkablity People who notice you take pictures and don't get freaked out ability. Portability; The whole LTM system is smaller by a third Irritability; takes lunch to load Babe magnet ability; Think hard days night. Finance-ability; can be gotten for a song. Not ASCAP but the other one. Avis I'm going to take a nap then be right back. My meter goes in my top shirt pocket I set it and forget it. Doesn't count. And with any camera I agree a compact, pancake or collapsible lens can make all the difference. And a light one too! Mark William Rabiner Harlem, NY rabinergroup.com