Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > > I'm sure that most of us have similar stories about how that cheap camera > in > the bottom of the camera case saved our bacon. (Beef, if you happen to be > Jewish.) > > > In my case I was shooting a travel story in Kashmir in the late 1980's when > my high end SLR slipped from my backpack, landed in a mud puddle, and > became > nonfunctional. Fortunately I had a Rollei 35SE which I used for the rest of > the trip. The pictures were accepted without question by the editor. In > face > one even won a prize. Thank God for those little cameras. Makes you wonder > if we need to haul those big monsters around. I'm going to consider the > Canon G11 very seriously. It is 1/10 the proposed price of the Leica M9. > Could the Leica be 10 times better? I've had a Rollei 35 in a pouch on my belt for many situations. Day after day and on long road trips. I'd often forget it was there. Get back and think "I wish I had a camera there was this one thing would have made a great shot. They're not light in weight though. Saved my S on numerous occasions. http://www.cameraquest.com/rol35se.htm This was shot with it http://rabinergroup.com/ImagePages/PortlandRollei35.html And a yellow green 060 filter I had made for it from B+W. Neopan 1600 in Xtol 1:3. Mark William Rabiner