Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not tempted by the S2, but the Leica M is the perfect camera for someone with knee problems to take hiking! I could never have made it to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up carrying anything other than the M9. It's a great fern and peeling paint and landscape camera ;-) http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/131208365 <http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/131208365>Tina On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Aram Langhans <leicar at q.com> wrote: > >> So, I will admire the S2, but even if I could afford one I would not get > it. Too heavy for me in what I like to do. At 60, with mild back and knee > problems, I still like to hike trails in Yosemite and other places, walk > for > miles around parks and cities, and the weight of a system like that would > interfere with what I like to do. If someone wanted to loan me one for a > few hours, that would be great. I would not hesitate to use such a > fabulous > machine for a while. I do not feel that way about a Nikon D3x. > > Aram > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com