Yes Walt, the Leica stuff does seem more solid especially the lenses with lots
of brass etc
Interesting the wt diference is not so great in absolute terms, although ~18%
greater in relative
terms. What does the complete camera with say summicrom f2/50 weigh, versus
an OM1 with f1.8/50
?
I guess a pentaprism contributes a fair bit to weight of the oly too.
The Leica/Minolta CL is smaller and probably a fair bit lighter? I had a friend
with a CL who used
to use it for caving and I have never seen such a scuffed up abused camera
before, it exuded dust
from every seam and had a soldered on adapter on the damaged hot shoe. Enough
to cause heart
failure in a Leica true believer!
Tim Hughes
--- Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The M6 weighs 1 pound and 5.4 ounces, just over three ounces more than an
> OM-4Ti, which comes in
> at 1 pound 2.1 ounces. Maybe you felt it was heavier because it feels so
> solid.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Tim Hughes <timhughes@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > My friend went through a number of models and eventually had an M6 that
> > really
> > seemed heavy to me
> > with a fastish lens.
> >
> > Tim Hughes
> >
> > --- Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > All my hiking was photographed with an M3 Leica. No heavier than your
> > > OM. And the ever ready hard case actually worked and absorbed all the
> > > scrapes and shocks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Winsor
> > > Long Beach, California, USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Apr 28, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Tim Hughes wrote:
> > >
> > > > A climbing
> > > > friend had Leicas when I was a teenager and I always wanted one,
> > > > but they were so expensive and in
> > > > retrospect too heavy and the W/A's ridiculously expensive to be
> > > > knocked around.
> > >
> > >
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