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Subject: [Leica] Which camera would you always carry on your pocket?
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Mon Sep 4 15:29:31 2006
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A IIIa with a 2.8cm Hektor, loaded with Neopan 1600 rated at 800. It  
has been my walk-about set up lately. I can't say enough good things  
about the combination. A 35mm LTM Summaron and 50mm Summitar are  
always close at hand, should the situation merit a lens change. it  
rarely does.

Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8,
Angels Gate Cultural Center
http://sdimitrovphoto.com





On Sep 4, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Luis Ripoll wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Some days ago I was reading B.D. recommendation to carry always a  
> camera on
> your pocket, I'm agree but usually I never do it. Why?, for me a  
> Leica M is
> a little too big, a Leica IIIF is just too nice.
>
> I'm thinking on different possibilities and I would like to know your
> experiences and opinions.
>
> First at all, I'm "classical" and I prefer a film camera, as you  
> know, I
> shot normalIy B&W. I think that could be good options the following  
> ones:
> Leica CL (is still too big and maybe too expensive), the small  
> Rollei 35 (I
> think with Tessar), Leica Minilux (I think is better the model with  
> Summarit
> 2,4/40mm than the zoom with a slower lens), Olympus XA, Minox ....
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Saludos desde Barcelona
> Luis
>
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