At least a shirt pocket is unlikely to also have coins, pocket knife, or keys to share with a camera. But considering lint, weight, appearance, and safety, I avoid carrying any camera in any pocket...
Leica in your shirt pocket
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Pioneer
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The Leica IIIa is exactly the same size as the Leica II but gives you the additional slower speeds. With the Elmar 50/3.5 it slides in and out very nicely.
My wife gave me Leica's Null Series reproduction for Christmas and I have been packing that one everywhere lately. For packing in the pocket, that camera is a dream. It is a bit fiddly to use but that lens makes it all worth it.
Most people prefer larger cameras so shirt pocket carry isn't something they usually consider. But I don't worry about a camera bag and I carry very few accessories. A Blix rangefinder, a Sekonic Twinmate and a few spare rolls of film easily fit in my pockets. I can shoot all day and come home with some very nice negatives to print.
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
I think it may be possible to carry a Rollei 35 rolled up in one's T shirt sleeve like a pack of cigarettes, if the shirt were of gooe enough material...
A Minox GT could probably do it as well. Maybe a Contax T2.
I'd try this but my arms aren't burly enough to stretch a T shirt sleeve tight enough to hold a camera, or even a pack of cigs for that matter.
As for the shirt pocket, i've never carried a camera there. A few rolls of film sure, but the camera would always be in a jacket pocket for me.
Phil Forrest
A Minox GT could probably do it as well. Maybe a Contax T2.
I'd try this but my arms aren't burly enough to stretch a T shirt sleeve tight enough to hold a camera, or even a pack of cigs for that matter.
As for the shirt pocket, i've never carried a camera there. A few rolls of film sure, but the camera would always be in a jacket pocket for me.
Phil Forrest
thegman
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I guess in some shirts it would fit, I can't imagine any shirt being ideal for the job.
Pioneer
Veteran
This is how it works.
Pocket
Camera
Camera in pocket.
Different strokes for different folks. This way I don't have to carry a jacket to carry a camera.
Camera
Camera in pocket.
Different strokes for different folks. This way I don't have to carry a jacket to carry a camera.
jsrockit
Moderator
Of course you can carry a heavy Leica in your shirt pocket (I mean, you can carry one in the small of your back too right?), but it's not for everyone... too awkward for me.
jett
Well-known
My question wasn't if people can do this, but if people actually do this.
jett
Well-known
This is how it works.
Camera
Camera in pocket.
Different strokes for different folks. This way I don't have to carry a jacket to carry a camera.
Thanks for the pics! I actually tried carrying my Rollei 35 in my shirt today, and it wasn't that bad.
Does the IIIa (or any earlier Leica LTM) shave non-negligible weight and size over a IIIc/IIIf?
Rodchenko
Olympian
I wear t-shirts, so there's no way of carrying even my smallest cameras like this.
Then again, i don't own a Leica.
Then again, i don't own a Leica.
Mr_Flibble
In Tabulas Argenteas Refero
If we're to believe Kodak, they had some seriously big pockets around the early 1900s 😉
kbg32
neo-romanticist
I never wear a shirt with pockets if I can help it.
Anyway......Why is this a thread?!!
Anyway......Why is this a thread?!!
newspaperguy
Well-known
Used to own a "safari" shirt that handled my Leica If nicely.
Rodchenko
Olympian
But now you'd need a time machine to take you back to the 70s to wear it.
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
Yeah, with the Vest Pocket Autographic cameras that were as long as and almost as wide as today's iPads, I'm wondering how big these vest pockets actually were.
Phil Forrest
Pioneer
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As time went along they did get much larger but the original Vest Pocket Kodak was actually quite small.
Pioneer
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Gee, I don't know. Same reason for most threads someone asked a question? And other people answered it.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Roger Hicks
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