Yes, the Elmar lens in the Leica Mini was indeed manufactured by Leica and it's a high-quality lens. Another thing: Ilford HP5 is not specially suitable for a Mini because the maximum shutter speed of the camera (1/250th of a second). In fact it usually would over-expose some pictures in summer. It's better to use it with 100 ISO film or 200 ISO. Finally, FYI: There was a special model of the Leica Mini: The Olympic one. In 1992 every German participant in the Barcelona Olympics was given a Leica Mini with engraved rings, so only 600-700 units were manufactured in this way. These are rare to find actually. Finally, the prices have skyrocketed for Minis: While in 2005 it was easy to find one for 40-50 Euros second-hand, they are now available second-hand for about 250 Euros in Germany. Almost no other Leica product has experienced such an increment in price.
I was indeed pleasantly surprised by the little Elmar's quality! I hadn't expected a lot from it in the first place and, to be honest, I sort of regret having sold the camera; not only for the price they're going for now (I sold mine for 100€ here in Germany if I remember correctly, around a year ago) but also for what a capable little point and shoot it was. The price increase has been crazy indeed, but seeing the "Leica-craze" going on at the moment and the prices that the M-bodies are fetching, together with the popularity that film point and shoots are reaching (look at the Mju-II, Yashica T5, etc.) it's kind of understandable. I guess at least it's nice that this camera is getting some recognition after so many years. Thanks a lot for your comment and for the info! I didn't know that the Olympic edition was actually exclusive to the athletes, that's really interesting! It explains the low production number... I agree that using an ISO 200 film would've maybe been better for the review, but I have to admit that I didn't research the camera specifications like shutter speed and aperture ranges until after shooting the whole roll and starting to edit the video. Still, I quite like the results I got, even though I didn't get to test sharpness and vignetting wide open; ISO 100 would've been way better for that, yeah.
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Yes, the Elmar lens in the Leica Mini was indeed manufactured by Leica and it's a high-quality lens. Another thing: Ilford HP5 is not specially suitable for a Mini because the maximum shutter speed of the camera (1/250th of a second). In fact it usually would over-expose some pictures in summer. It's better to use it with 100 ISO film or 200 ISO. Finally, FYI: There was a special model of the Leica Mini: The Olympic one. In 1992 every German participant in the Barcelona Olympics was given a Leica Mini with engraved rings, so only 600-700 units were manufactured in this way. These are rare to find actually. Finally, the prices have skyrocketed for Minis: While in 2005 it was easy to find one for 40-50 Euros second-hand, they are now available second-hand for about 250 Euros in Germany. Almost no other Leica product has experienced such an increment in price.
I was indeed pleasantly surprised by the little Elmar's quality! I hadn't expected a lot from it in the first place and, to be honest, I sort of regret having sold the camera; not only for the price they're going for now (I sold mine for 100€ here in Germany if I remember correctly, around a year ago) but also for what a capable little point and shoot it was.
The price increase has been crazy indeed, but seeing the "Leica-craze" going on at the moment and the prices that the M-bodies are fetching, together with the popularity that film point and shoots are reaching (look at the Mju-II, Yashica T5, etc.) it's kind of understandable. I guess at least it's nice that this camera is getting some recognition after so many years.
Thanks a lot for your comment and for the info! I didn't know that the Olympic edition was actually exclusive to the athletes, that's really interesting! It explains the low production number...
I agree that using an ISO 200 film would've maybe been better for the review, but I have to admit that I didn't research the camera specifications like shutter speed and aperture ranges until after shooting the whole roll and starting to edit the video. Still, I quite like the results I got, even though I didn't get to test sharpness and vignetting wide open; ISO 100 would've been way better for that, yeah.
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Ролик затянут, вообще не интересно как он ходит и снимает, только время потерял😢