Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got a new camera for Christmas. Not an M6 (!), but an Olympus Mju-2 (new version of the legendary P&S). It looks like the first Mju version, just smaller, it is weatherproof, and it does appear very solid. It has a 35/2.8 lens and minimum focus is at 35cm, metering range is at EV1-17 - 4sec at f2.8 to 1/1000 sec at f11 (unusual for a P&S!). It has a real-image viewfinder, which is large and clear, with both a focus and flash ready light. It has multibeam autofocus, which seems to be fast and accurate, and spot metering, plus an artificial light colour balancing flash. A very nice camera, excellent for making pictures of my children and my wife. Excellent for family parties. It is so small that you carry it easily under a jacket or in-pocket. I remember how *difficult* it was bringing my M6 to family parties, not only body & lens, but also an additional flash. "Where can I put it?...Take care, it's my Leica!" and so on. I think this camera is great even for street and documentary photography. It is silent and *very* discrete. "Everybody says" the lens is very good, so now I am waiting to see the results of my first Tri-X and K200. Many years ago I had a book by a danish traveler, Jakob Holt: "American Pictures". He used an Olympus RF or P&S (from the 70s). It is one of the best travel books I have ever seen on the daily, trivial life in the U.S. I am pursuing my efforts on reducing my photographic equipment. It is getting more and more "zen", and it is for sure a liberating feeling. Oddmund