Godfrey
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Went to SF yesterday to go shopping with Felipe, and decided to take along the Leica CL that showed up last week just in case. Stuck in a roll of XP2 Super, put the M-Rokkor 40mm II on the camera, stuck the M-Rokkor 90mm in the bag along with a spare roll of film.
Loading the CL is just as fussy as I remembered it.
Now I also remember why I always thought this was a near-perfect kit. Just the right size and weight, so handy, just the right FoV choices for 90%. Add the Skopar 21mm and finder: there's the other 10%.
I didn't do too much shooting, hard to do that with someone else along who isn't a photographer, but it was fun when I did. Kept laughing—hard to remember that I had to wind the film to the next frame, and that I couldn't change the ASA setting when it became darker. But it is SUCH a nice camera to work with.
Leica: Make a digital CL with three lenses, just like this. The sensor in the X2 would be fine. Compact 14mm f/4, 28/2, 60/2.8 lenses tailored for it would be fine too. Keep it simple, keep it handy. It can be done, you can do it.
Please.
Loading the CL is just as fussy as I remembered it.
Now I also remember why I always thought this was a near-perfect kit. Just the right size and weight, so handy, just the right FoV choices for 90%. Add the Skopar 21mm and finder: there's the other 10%.
I didn't do too much shooting, hard to do that with someone else along who isn't a photographer, but it was fun when I did. Kept laughing—hard to remember that I had to wind the film to the next frame, and that I couldn't change the ASA setting when it became darker. But it is SUCH a nice camera to work with.
Leica: Make a digital CL with three lenses, just like this. The sensor in the X2 would be fine. Compact 14mm f/4, 28/2, 60/2.8 lenses tailored for it would be fine too. Keep it simple, keep it handy. It can be done, you can do it.
Please.