[rollei_list] Re: size of Pentax ME/MX compared to Leica M

Yes, Pentax ME and MX were slightly smaller than a Leica M4!  The 
original German brochures for these tiny SLR's actually showed the MX 
in front of a silhouetted outline of the Leica to get this point 
across.  Even the flash shoe on the pentaprism was right in line 
withthe shoe on the Leica.
Add the 2.8/40 mm Pentax M pancake lens and you have as pocketable an 
SLR as a Leica M with collapsible Elmar.  Not as quiet and smooth in 
operation though.  Yet, this combination is very sought after by 
mountaineers and hikers (as step up from the Rollei 35).
My Contax S2 or Contax Aria with 2.8/45 mm Tessar is not quite as small 
but still very portable.
Jan

On Thursday, March 31, 2005, at 02:02 AM, FreeLists Mailing List 
Manager wrote:
> From: Fred Fichter <ffichter@xxxxxxx>
> The Nikon FM2 is very small. But I think the Pentax ME Super was a bit
> smaller.
> Fred
>
> On Mar 30, 2005, at 9:15 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>> BTW, which FULL FRAME SLRs are smaller than M Leicas?
>> Include a normal lens with your choices.  They gotta be 35mm
>> cameras with 50mm lenses.

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