-----Original Message----- From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ruben Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:50 PM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Camera Weights I think my Fuji GX 680 beat most SLRs in the Monster Weight department - truly good for work out :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "New Rollei List" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 7:02 AM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Camera Weights > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ardeshir Mehta" <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:18 PM > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Camera Weights > > >> On Thursday, April 14, 2005, at 10:26 PM, Richard Knoppow >> wrote: >> >>> I am now pooped from lifting all this stuff. >> >> Next time weigh a Minox B! Easier on the biceps. >> >> By the way, how does a Leica M3 or M4 compare in weight to >> the Leica >> IIIC? >> >> And what about Hasselblad vs. Rollei SLR? >> >> Cheers. >> >> > I am weighing cameras I have. I don't have a Leica M3 or > M4, would anyone care to donate one? I understand that M4's > are junk so I am sure someone out there would be happy to > give me his/hers plus lenses (can't weigh it without > lenses). Same for the Hassy. > I can guess at the Mamiya RB/RZ 67. One really has to > think of these as modern Graflex's. Hoever, I am now so > strong from lifting other cameras that I would condecend to > accept an RB or RZ if sent in a plain brown wrapper. > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I never weighed it, but I'm sure an old Nikon F4 with the large battery pack (6 or 8 cells?) was my heaviest SLR -- it was a beast. It was a great and dependable camera, but strangely enough I don't miss it. Doug