Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Well, my wife smokes, so I took one of her packs (standard cigs, not 100s > or anything like that), and the dimensions are: > > 89mm x 55mm x 23mm > > So yes, the Sony is not too much longer or wider, but considerably fatter. > > It strikes me as a good cycling camera, something to keep in my handlebar > bag. > > Exactly my thoughts as well. I can put it in the jersey pocket... > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Jul 13, 2012, at 7:25 AM, Richard Man wrote: > > > Here you go: > > > > 102 x 59 x 36 mm (4.02 x 2.32 x 1.42") > > > > 7.51 oz > > > > Never smoke. Not a whole lot bigger than a credit card. Kinda fattish at > > 1.42" but the lens is a zoom... > > > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> In my former world, a shirt pocketable camera is the size of a pack of > >> filter cigarettes. A lot of us old farts might relate best to that > >> standard. Please display these cameras next to a pack of Winstons. > >> > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > >> Jeffery L. Smith > >> New Orleans, Louisiana > >> USA > >> > >> On Jul 12, 2012, at 21:36, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > >> > >>> All things in proportion, it is large for a camera which fits in your > >> pocket ;-) They say it is OK to 12"x17" prints..... > >>> > >>> john > >>> > >>> ________________________________________ > >>> > >>> I'm sorry but I don't call a 2.7X crop sensor a large sensor. I call > it a > >>> small sensor. Bigger than my pinky fingernail. But needlessly small. A > >>> camera with a sensor that small I'd like the size of a classic Minox. > >>> > >>> Just because consumers buy camera with sensors the size of your pinky > >>> fingernail does not me that a 2.7x is big. > >>> > >>> The least Rollei could have done with a camera like this is have it be > >> 4/3 > >>> 's 2x crop. The least. > >>> > >>> - - from my iRabs. > >>> Mark Rabiner > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sony_rx100.shtml > >>>> > >>>> Sounds interesting. Shirt-pocketable is always a good thing. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >>>> > >>>> ____________________ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>