Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Nathan, you wrote: > What I did not like about the Minilux was its size and even > more its ergonomics. >... > I now use a Rollei 35 with its excellent 2.8/40mm Sonnar lens. It's been a while since I handled a Rollei 35; could you confirm that the Rollei 35 is indeed smaller than the Minilux ? My impression was that it maybe so. Thanks in advance for the clarification, - - Phong > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Nathan > Wajsman > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:09 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Small pocketable camera > > > Hi Logan, > > I will second those who recommended the Ricoh GR1v--IF you can live with 28mm > as your normal lens. For me it was too wide, so I sold it. I have in the past > owned a Leica Minilux (not the zoom), and as other have said, the lens is > excellent, and 40mm is a very nice general-use focal length. What I did not > like about the Minilux was its size and even more its ergonomics. Especially > when it comes to flash: the default mode is auto flash, while my own default > mode is no flash. To go from auto flash to no flash I had to press a small > button 7 times--and when I turned the camera off it returned to the auto mode. > This finally became so irritating that I dumped the thing. > > I now use a Rollei 35 with its excellent 2.8/40mm Sonnar lens. It has the only > electronic thing I need--a light meter--and the lack of a rangefinder or > autofocus has proved to be relatively unproblematic. I am almost always able to > estimate the distance well enough to be within the lens's DOF, and if the light > is good I just set the lens to its hyperfocal distance and forget about it. > This little Rollei is a real gem. > > Nathan > > > > Logan Reinwood wrote: > > > 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 > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > -- > 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