Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, I think this is very good advice. I used a CL as my main camera in 2003-4 when I was travelling between Amsterdam and Seville every week. The 40mm Summicron was indeed excellent, and combined with a 21mm Color Skopar made a great, light kit. I shot most of my Seville gallery with this outfit (www.frozenlight.eu/fotosevilla) . Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Feb 18, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Trade both the M3 and the IIIG and get a CL with a 2 lens kit. Use > the extra money to upgrade your travel to first class. I know the CL > don't get much respect on the LUG but I have used the CL as my > travel camera since its purchase in 1973 and it has never let me > down. The 40 mm Summicron is one of Leica's best small lenses. When > I bought the camera, I couldn't afford the 90 mm lens so I > substituted a f3.5 100 mm Canon with a LTM to M adapter. A wise > choice since it is regarded as one of the sharpest short telephotos > ever made. Besides the field of view exactly matches the 90 mm frame > line in the finder. True to the camera's contemporary advertizing, > the two lens kit covers 90% of all travel shooting situations. > > Don't get me wrong. I love the IIIc and IIIf cameras and I own two > M3s. They have the sensuous feel of fine machines and will probably > survive the next meteor impact. But the CL is a better and more > convenient camera for travel. The back comes off so film loading is > a snap. The camera has a built in spot exposure meter. The > viewfinder is crystal clear. The camera and both lenses weigh less > than an M3. The CL has accompanied me to India, Wales, Alaska, the > Canadian Rockies, the Virgin Islands and the untamed wilds of New > York City. It has never missed an exposure. > > For information on the CL see this Cameraquest article: > > http://www.cameraquest.com/leicacl.htm > > Larry Z > > >> On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote: >>> (to G Medina) >>> Without question the M3, painted or not. No matter how smooth etc. >>> the >>> IIIg is, any M body is much more functional than any SM body. >> >>> I do suspect that you will miss something wider than a 50mm, though. >> =========================================================== >> Maybe he's like me. A 50 is generally my wide lens. On my return >> from my first >> trip to Britain, I tallied my lens usage, and it was the 50mm for >> over 60% of >> my pictures; next came the 100mm, then the 300, with a 21mm least >> utilized. >> >> You're right about the M3 over the IIIg, but I still can't help >> lusting for one (a IIIg) >> - the finder is set up for my two favorite focal lengths, 50 and >> 90, and it's smaller >> than an M. >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information