[rollei_list] Re: size of Pentax ME/MX compared to Leica M
- From: Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:12:06 -0500
Actually, for a period of time I found Leica M and Olympus OM-1 a good
pairing. Useful for closeup and tele work, the OM lenses focused and
set aperture in Leica (correct) direction rather than Nikon
(incorrect). It made for smoother transitioning.
Allen Zak
On Mar 31, 2005, at 10:12 AM, Jan Decher wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Other related posts:
