On 7 Nov 2016, at 19:04, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What Bruce really wants, deep in his heart of hearts, is a Leica M typ 262. >> He should bite the bullet, and go out and buy one. And some lenses too. > > You know something crazy? I see that you are right. The Leica is just > about perfect for what I'm looking for, size and price aside. > I suspect the target market for the Fujis is largely made up of Leica wannabes and Olympus Trip has-beens. Problem is, they don't fully deliver on their promise. At least, not to me. The key thing about the Leicas is simplicity; not getting in the way, as Godfrey puts it.
I think you'd find that size is not much of an issue with the Leica Ms once you start to use them. I keep mine on a leather wrist strap, and I normally have a small shoulder bag for one or two extra lenses, a light meter and other paraphernalia. You could easily keep it all in a combat jacket if that happens to be your thing. You could also buy an old (or indeed new) collapsible Elmar lens to make it even smaller when not in use. I find that I carry no more with the M than I would with one of the Fujis, since I keep them on a wrist strap too, and still need a small bag to keep my wallet, phone and glasses, and light meter if I take one. It's principally the glasses case that causes this, as my phone goes in my wallet anyway, and that could go in a pocket. B > I gently approached this concept with my wife this morning during our > dog walk. I said, "it's a bit pricey." She said, "oh, what, like 600 > dollars?". I admitted that no, it's actually six thousand dollars. > > She did not hit me with a blunt object, so I took that as a positive > sign. I haven't mentioned lenses yet. > > -- 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.
