That would be great. Then Panasonic can make a cheaper copy for me. ;-) On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: > Acquired a Leica CL body recently. It showed up last weekend. Already > had the lenses. Too busy the past week to use it. > > Went to SF yesterday to go shopping with Felipe, and decided to take > it along just in case. Stuck in a roll of XP2 Super, put the M-Rokkor > 40mm II on the camera, stuck the M-Rokkor 90mm in the bag along with a > spare roll of film. > > Loading the CL is just as fussy as I remembered it. :-) > > Now I also remember why I always thought this was a near-perfect kit. > Just the right size and weight, so handy, just the right FoV choices > for 90%. Add the Skopar 21mm and finder: there's the other 10%. > > I didn't do too much shooting, hard to do that with someone else along > who isn't a photographer, but it was fun when I did. Kept > laughing—hard to remember that I had to wind the film to the next > frame, and that I couldn't change the ASA setting when it became > darker. But it is SUCH a nice camera to work with. > > Leica: > Make a digital CL with three lenses, just like this. The sensor in the > X2 would be fine. Compact 14mm f/4, 28/2, 60/2.8 lenses tailored for > it would be fine too. Keep it simple, keep it manual focus and > rangefinder, keep it handy. It can be done: you can do it. > *Please.* > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
-- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
