Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan: You might try the Konica C-35 Auto--the pics are the same quality as the Canonnet, but it's about 1/2 the weight and a tad smaller too. Bill Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote: I don't know why I need another film camera (actually, I don't) but a local photo store has a Canonet rangefinder in the window for 25 Euro. If it is in working order, I might get it just for the heck of it. Nathan Mark Langer wrote: > Richard, > > I've had or have lots of really compact 35mm cameras as I like the > fact that I can have a camera with me all the time. The lens on the > Oly XA is nice, but not only lacks the punch of a Summicron, it also > tends to vignette somewhat under certain conditions. I've found the > 28mm f3.5 lens on the Olympus XA-4 is better. Best of the bunch are > the Minotar lens on a Minox, which has more contrast and sharpness > than the Zuiko lenses, and the even better 40mm f3.5 on the Rollei 35 > S or SE. The Sonnar on this is right up there with the Summicron, > IMHO. I think that the Minox gets the prize for ultimate compactness > (at least without the flash) but is not as reliable as some of its > competitors. You might also want to look at the Chinon Bellami, which > combines some of the features of the Minox and the Olympus. > > Mark > > On 7/20/05, Richard wrote: > Last week, I > >>picked up a good condition Olympus XA on EBay. I had one twenty some years >>ago and stopped using it only because the rewind crank broke. Always miss >>having a small camera that doesn't need much juice, on "immediately," and >>allow manual controls. >> >>Took a roll of Tri X and it seems to work just fine. Only problem is that >>the pictures do not have that Leica punch :-) but then at $50 vs. $5000, I >>guess it's much better than 1% as good :-) >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com