Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] weights
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:40:25 -0000

For this test to be meaningful, the cameras should be weighed with
equivalent "standard" lenses, which means weigh the M with a Summicron 50,
not a 135...

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark
Rabiner
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 6:28 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] weights


Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
><Snip>
> Interest idea -  weigh your camera and gather real data:
>
> Nikon F3/T with Nikkor 50/1.8E - 860g
> Contax G2 with Planar 45/2     - 775g
> Nikon FE2 with Nikkor 50/1.8E  - 720g
> Leica CL with Summicron-C 40/2 - 540g
> Rollei 35S (Sonnar 40/2.8)     - 370g
> Minox EC with EC electronic flash in combination wallet case - 145g
>
> Yeah, it's a little nerdy. But I work in the computer business here in
> Silicon Valley as an engineer ... this is normal operating procedure. :)
>
> Godfrey

I'm into this and I get a kitchen scale out:
These weights are meaningful to me:
Hasselblad 500 c/m with folding finder and 80mm 2.8 and back:	1510g	 or	3
lbs	6 oz.
Rolleiflex 2.8 F									1250g or	2 lbs	13 oz.
Leica M6 with 135 APO									1025g or	2 lbs	6 oz.
Nikon FE2 with MD12 & 85 F2							1425g	 or	3 lbs	4 oz.
The Calico, German Shepherd, or Photographer would not fit on the scale or
were unwilling.
Mark Rabiner