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Subject: [Leica] My new pocket camera
From: wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)
Date: Thu Jul 21 21:53:20 2005

Nathan:
 
You might try the Konica C-35 Auto--the pics are the same quality as the 
Canonnet, but it's about 1/2 the weight and a tad smaller too.
 
Bill

Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote:
I don't know why I need another film camera (actually, I don't) but a 
local photo store has a Canonet rangefinder in the window for 25 Euro. 
If it is in working order, I might get it just for the heck of it.

Nathan

Mark Langer wrote:

> Richard,
> 
> I've had or have lots of really compact 35mm cameras as I like the
> fact that I can have a camera with me all the time. The lens on the
> Oly XA is nice, but not only lacks the punch of a Summicron, it also
> tends to vignette somewhat under certain conditions. I've found the
> 28mm f3.5 lens on the Olympus XA-4 is better. Best of the bunch are
> the Minotar lens on a Minox, which has more contrast and sharpness
> than the Zuiko lenses, and the even better 40mm f3.5 on the Rollei 35
> S or SE. The Sonnar on this is right up there with the Summicron,
> IMHO. I think that the Minox gets the prize for ultimate compactness
> (at least without the flash) but is not as reliable as some of its
> competitors. You might also want to look at the Chinon Bellami, which
> combines some of the features of the Minox and the Olympus.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 7/20/05, Richard wrote:
> Last week, I
> 
>>picked up a good condition Olympus XA on EBay. I had one twenty some years
>>ago and stopped using it only because the rewind crank broke. Always miss
>>having a small camera that doesn't need much juice, on "immediately," and
>>allow manual controls.
>>
>>Took a roll of Tri X and it seems to work just fine. Only problem is that
>>the pictures do not have that Leica punch :-) but then at $50 vs. $5000, I
>>guess it's much better than 1% as good :-)
>>
> 
> 
> 
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