[rollei_list] Re: size of Pentax ME/MX compared to Leica M
- From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:09:45 -0500
Hi Jan,
> 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.
How about front to back (thickness)? I'm hard pressed to believe it's
thinner (or even near as thin) in this dimension.
The Olympus OM was quite compact as well, as is the Contax Aria.
Regards,
Austin
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