recommend the lightest rf body

[kross]

i'm looking the lightest and compact rf body with either m or screw mount....
main lens use is 35mm.... meant for daily shoot....
pls recommend...

cheers.......

 

[laptoprob]

CLE, no doubt. With a compact 35mm, perfect. The framelines are 40mm, just frame a little wider.

 

[womby68]

Contax...

Contax...

glass quality second to none, really cheap to get...i.e. Contax G1/G2 with a Biogon 2.8/28 or a Planar 2/45... just excellent!!! and you can get an outfit at half the price in respect to any other solution and you will posses the finest optics around...
have fun.
cheers...
womby

 

[tripod]

Bessa L and scale focus that 35mm lens.

 

[splitimageview]

A CL is pretty light. The Zeiss Ikon is light too, for a better viewfinder and longer RF base.

 

[Keith]

The Ikon for what it is with it's amazing viewfinder is fairly light and the camera is well made.

I had a CL for a while and that was very small and light but the meter is a pain and gives too much trouble and I gather that the CLE as good as it may be is history once it's electronics quit!

 

[dryice66]

bessa t & r are very light - r3a close. g1/g2 are heavy in comparison - but optics are excellent! Of course, there are the fixed lens manual rfs - canonet ql / 28 which are superb too and as light if not lighter. My bet... Bessa T and a lens of your choice!

 

[Bobfrance]

The CL is certainly compact, but I get the impression not everybody gets along with them. I held a Rollei not long ago and found it to feel extremely nice; good ergonomics and light. I'm sure the Bessas are just the same.

For a fixed length RF, I suspect you'd not get much more compact (or quieter) than a ContaxT. And it does have an excellent Zeiss lens.

 

[tripod]

"Best" fixed lens RF with manual controls and meter = Olympus 35RC

 

[oscroft]

I'd go for a Bessa-R too, with a CV 35/2.5

 

[myoptic3]

Bessa R3A w/ the VC 35 2.5. You get 1to1 viewfinder, M mount, AE, no bigger than an R, and only a little bit heavier. I have a CL that is tiny also, and for a fixed lens a Konica C35 is very small and has a sharp Hexanon 35 2.8 lens.

 

[kross]

thanks guys.... i'm thinking of a used bessa r to go with my 35mm uc hexanon for
daily shoots....

anyone got a black bessa r for sale?😀

 

[oscroft]

Bessa R3A w/ the VC 35 2.5. You get 1to1 viewfinder, M mount, AE, no bigger than an R, and only a little bit heavier.

But no viewfinder frame for the 35mm lens.

 

[RayPA]

CLE, no doubt. With a compact 35mm, perfect. The framelines are 40mm, just frame a little wider.

Sounds like a question best answered by a comparison of spec. sheets, but without spec sheets in hand, I have to agree with Rob, the CLE is hard to beat for a light, compact M-mount camera. I recommend the CLE combined with the CV 28/3.5 and a Rokkor or 'Cron 40/2.


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[Kent]

"Best" fixed lens RF with manual controls and meter = Olympus 35RC

Oh yes! My 35RC is always with me, even when I am on a walk with my DSLRs! 😉

 

[Windscale]

Oh yes! My 35RC is always with me, even when I am on a walk with my DSLRs! 😉

I would prefer the Minolta 7SII (not the 7S).