Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/18

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Subject: [Leica] size matters
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Wed Jan 18 18:04:26 2006
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George - The issue is form factor.  With a collapsible 50 Elmarit or 
35 Summicron on my M3 or M7 I can wear either hanging from my 
shoulder under a coat or jacket.  There's no way could do that with a 
20D no matter what lens was on it.


>  I seem to be unable to express adequately just how much I dislike
>  > hauling around these over-sized, over-weight, over-automated,
>>  computers that pass for cameras these days.
>
>Richard, Amazingly the 20D with 50 summicron or even the 50 summilux is
>significantly lighter and minutely larger than the M with 75 lux, which
>would be it's equivalent. Hanging Canon AF zoom glass on it changes the
>size considerably. But the 10-22 is extremely light.
>
>regards, George
>
>
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Regards,

Dick

In reply to: Message from imagist at imagist.cnc.net (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] size matters)