Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] slightly off topic
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:15:26 -0800

At 06:00 PM 1/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Fellow LUGgers:
>
>My wife and I are retracing our honeymoon for our 25th wedding
>anniversary in September.  We will be traveling to Italy and Germany.  I
>want to bring a compact but somewhat complete photo outfit with two
>camera bodies to shoot slides and prints and am seeking advice on what
>makes a good traveling outfit.  I have both M and  R equipment but only
>one M6 and one R7. Seems to me that it would be better to stick with one
>type of camera system -Reflex or Rangefinder and purchase another body.
>I'm leaning toward the reflex  system so that I can frame attractions
>better in the viewfinder but two R cameras and various lenses are a big
>price to pay in weight.  Any advice? I want to stay one step above point
>and shoot solutions.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Paul T. Collura

My opinion (are you surprised that I have an opinion?) is... If you are
taking a tripod and are going to use it, take the R7 system. If you are not
taking a tripod, or if you are taking one but aren't going to use it, take
the M6 system.

Jim