Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Above water I find them all clumsy (bulky because of the pressure > resistant body, and scale focus which must be set by looking at the > front of the lens and adjusting over a precise but very long scale), Not the old ones, they are almost undestructable. I've had several II and III, all previously owned, and all worked fine, about the bulkness, they are smaller than a leica and about the same weight. The VF are mostly crap or unusable after those years, but who needs a precise one with that kind of camera? > and prefer a WP P&S even though I'd sometimes miss the focus and > exposure control. I have obtained good results (better than you > might expect) from a Canon Sureshot WP, and Olympus Infinity Zoom > series cameras. those aren't bad cameras, including others like the minolta weathermatic... but you rely everything but framing and snapping in electronics, motors, etc that due to low price usually don't stand so much even with a careful use. > Unfortunately all broke down after about 10 years mines too, they weren't designed as tools but toys. I prefer, by far, one of the older nikonos. I never had a single problem or annoyance with them, and the last one I bougth recently for $150 shipped (I was missing one for years) is working fine since 1971. You can't ask more for that price. Saludos ----------------------------------------- http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/