Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Backup Camera
From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:01:33 -0800
References: <001701c07e2d$25561340$6401a8c0@Workgroup>

>On 14 Jan 01, at 5:23, Frank Filippone wrote:
>
>> I always have a backup Leica available on a trip, "just in case"... I
>> use a Leica CL as the backup for my M6....it stays in my luggage until
>> needed. The most I can miss is 1 day of shooting...  It does not
>> require a great outlay of cost to purchase, and includes a meter.


I've tended to use a IIIF not so much as a backup camera, but as a 2nd
camera on which I'll mount a different focal length than the one I've got
on the M. This gives me a bit of a variety and keeps me from changing
lenses as much as I might otherwise want to.

This past week I broke down and bought a second M body - the new 0.58 M6,
so I'll now be using two M's, which is great. It remains to be seen whether
or not I'll manage to leave the IIIF at home, or whether I'll have it along
too.

Guy Bennett
Los Angeles, CA

In reply to: Message from "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> ([Leica] Backup Camera)