Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got a Minox 35 GTE. Very good camera but it is very prone to flare even with hood. Furthermore, the hood is difficult to mount and occupy the lower half of the finder. The lens is very good but I sold the Minox and got a XA. I am just trying. Rafael - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Attinasi" <marc@attinasi.org> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Minox 35 > I have one and I love it. It does have an incredible lens, and the AE > system is dead-on too. I like to shoot Kodachrome 200 in mine, makes > for a great pocketable rig. The one problem is that it is purely > guess-focusing, so I end up shooting with a large DOF setting (f8) - it > can limit the kinds of shots I get, but all in all it is a fine camera. > Another one I like, similar to the Minox, is the Olympus XA, a nice > little pocket camera with a rangefinder for focusing. Not as sharp as > the Minox, but still excellent. > > The XA and Minox 35 are real bargains - no excuse for not trying them > out :-) > > - marc > > On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 11:19 PM, Henry Ting wrote: > > > > > A friend of mine show me a Minox GTE and some enlarged > > prints. The pictures are stunningly sharp and color > > saturations are to my eyes comparable to my Leica > > shots. > > > > Anybody have experience with these little Minox ? > > It seems to me to be the perfect pocket camera. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _______________________________________________________________ Copa del Mundo de la FIFA 2002 El único lugar de Internet con vídeos de los 64 partidos. ¡Apúntante ya! en http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/fc/es/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html