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Re: [OM] rangefinders

Subject: Re: [OM] rangefinders
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:06:49 +0000
At 13:30 1/6/00 , Dirk Wright wrote:
>Smaller is not necessarily better. I have large hands. The OM series is 
>the smallest camera I can handle. 

The Rollei 35's with lens collapsed are about the same size as the XA
series.  Since they are now collector's items with a small cult following,
their price is high compared to others of their age.  If that is too small,
then a little larger and quite good are the couple of Oly rangefinders (RC
and RD) and the Canon QL-17 already mentioned.  The QL-17's in particular
are relatively low priced on the used market for some reason; in the
ballpark of a used XA.

Among current small rangefinders that have gotten are the Contax T2 (if you
have $$$$) and Yashica T4 (if you only have $).  Both of these have
consistently received good comments from users who also have extensive 35mm
and MF SLR systems.

-- John

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