Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan Chang wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm interested in acquiring a Leica (screwmount or M) for street > photography. I would like it to be as small and portable as possible. > Can anyone give me some advice? I've checked out Hans Pahlen's Leica M > Page, but couldn't seem to be able to find any info on screwmounts ones. > Any pointers? > > I am not a fan of the Leica screw mounts because they are all such a bitch to load. if you get past that though, they are inherently more interesting than the M's because of all the little gizmos you get to play with. Nostalgia R US! From an M standpoint, by far the cheapest and one of the best shooters is the generally underappreciated and very undervalued Leica CL. you get the smallest Leica M body, TTL metering, access to either screw mount or modern sharper optics, all at a rock bottom price. Not a bad combination, not bad at all. Stephen Gandy