It's quite a bit smaller than the standard Leica, perhaps closer to the CL in size. The lens is quite good. It's a fine little camera, but one may need a large shirt pocket for it. It fits in some of my shirts and certainly in most all of my jacket pockets.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Friday, December 17, 2004, 6:54:48 PM, Peter wrote: > PS> Thanks Frantisek, > > PS> would you consider the Ricoh and the Canonet as "pocket cameras"? > PS> Peter > > The Ricoh - definitely. It's _the_ slimmest 35mm film camera ever. And > it's made mostly of magnesium. I have no long track record with it, > though. I just read about it and tried it few times in the store, and > I liked it a lot. > > Canonet is a larger camera, perhaps not a pocket one. It's about as > big as a Leica with lens on or so. It's basically a Leica with much > cheaper (but still respectable by todays standards!) build quality and > one non-interchangeable lens, but it has central shutter. > > see http://www.cameraquest.com/canql17.htm
