Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I received a Contax T3 recently from my spouse. She was trying to give me a way out of carrying a bag of gear on business trips. I had been using a Olympus Stylus Epic 35mm f2.8 len for a backup to either a M6 with 35mm ASPH/50mm Lux or a F3 system. On a recent trip she raised an eyebrow when I picked up the Domke 803, so I secumbed and just took the T3. She even made me agree to use it as a P&S the first three days. She was going along and didn't want me fooling with settings or manuals (you really don't need one after the first reading). Results were excellent from the T3 and I'm embarrased to say that for this type of work I may not need all the other stuff. Boy do I feel naked without the bag. I will need some place to put the Palm, Cell Phone, etc... But the T3 offers felxibility that just isn't available in other small compact cameras. A few weeks ago it was the only thing I took to the Chicago Air and Water show. I know only a 35mm lens, but good crowd shots and some great flyover shots. Set the exposure system to auto with -2ev comp, fixed focused on infinity - minimal shutter lag - and some fun shots. I don't have a hood for the lens so I did encounter flare. I have a couple of passable photos taken in dark wine cellars when in Napa Valley. These must have been about 2-3 second autoexposures. Camera was perched on a railing for the shot - shutter tripped with the 2-second self timer - need a little more comp in the flat light but still learning the meter on this one. It's not as intuitive for me as the M6 meter. Think I'll still keep the Epic as it is a good camera to hand to a friend/fellow-tourist to take a snap that includes you in the picture. I also like the spot mode on that camera, especially for night pictures. The results from the T3 are making me re-evaluate how I'm going to allot my photography time and travel gear. My M6 is not seeing much action right now, and I'm going through some withdrawal, but even for street photos you can set the T3 to f8 at 5meters, no focus lag, autoexposure and grab shots till the battery runs out :-). Regards Roger - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery L.Smith" <jls@runbox.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:44 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Small pocket able camera > One more plug for the Contax T3...several months ago, one of the UK > magazines (AP or PP) compared high-end point-and-shoots and found the > Contax T3 to be the best in terms of exposure under unfavorable or strange > conditions. And the lens may be a tad better than the Leica lens (remember > that the Minilux is made by Fuji or Panasonic or one of dem Japanese > companies, so don't give me a Wetzler flame). :-) > > > At 09:41 AM 8/29/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Ricoh GR1 gets my vote. Amazing amount of camera, in a package not much > >larger than a pack of smokes. Not much heavier either. Next vote would > >be the Contax T3 which I don't own but everything I've read says it's > >much nicer than the T2 which I do own. T2 is nice although a bit of a > >brick. > > > >Sam Krneta > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Logan > >Reinwood > >Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:07 AM > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: [Leica] Small pocketable camera > > > > > >HI, > > > >However a M is not a big camera, it migth be too big sometimes to carry > >along. I have a lomo that I take sometimes in my pocket. But it is more > >fun > >than really good, the lens is not good at least not good for making big > >prints, etc. > > > >I am thinking to buy something else, and I am considering a Rollei 35. > >The only drawback I see with the rollei is the manual guessing > >focsussing. > >Is that a problem? > >I was also considering a minilux, but it is almost as big as an M. > > > >What do lugger use as a smalller camera when a M is too big? > > > >any comment? > > > >TIA, logan > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > >http://www.hotmail.com > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html