Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark. which pocket should I put my IIIf, it will rip my shirt if i put it in my pocket. ;-) peace David On Wednesday, November 16, 2005, at 06:19AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@aol.com> wrote: >Mark writes: > >To me the Leica philosophy of camera size went out with the M system in >1954. >To me by far the TRUE size of a Leica is the size of a Barnack. A Leica >thread mount camera. Fits in your pocket. Not so M. too big. Clunky. > >------ > >The Barnack Leicas won't fit in any normal pocket unless they have a >collapsible Elmar lens. For me the ideal pocket camera is the Rollei 35SE. >The lens is better than the Elmar too. Leica once built prototypes of a >Rollei 35 size camera but abandoned it in favor of the M. > >Larry Z > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >