Just how heavy is a Leicaflex?

[john_fleetwood]

So... just how heavy is a Leicaflex, anyway? Heavier than my Canon F1n (800g)?

[budc]

The SL/2 weighed 770 grams.

[budc]

The SL weighed 1185 grams with the standard 50mm Summicron-R. That

would put the body at about 845 grams.

[karl_georg_wolf]

Just out of curiosity:

 

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the weight of my SL2 a few minutes ago was 1,147 g.

 

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This includes the 50 mm- Summicron lens altered to 3-cam, the hood

and a KODAK film.

 

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Without the lens, no cap: 801 g.

 

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This confirmes the figures posted above.

 

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Best wishes

and good shooting

 

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K. G. Wolf

[alfie_wang]

The Leicaflex is worth its weight in gold. I use it for studio

photography and solid tripod shots :)

[budc]

I got the weight of the SL from the Leica Manual. It may actually

weigh less than that because the 1185 weight may have been with a

chrome lens and I assumed a black lens.

 

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I got the weight of the SL/2 from an SL/2 brochure (the infamous

nipple version:-)).

[john_fleetwood]

That's not so heavy. Thanks, guys.

[peter_de_waal]

My Leicaflex SL body weighs 757g, the Summicron-R 50 (1st Type, 3-cam) is 322g for a

total of 1079g. The ever-ready case, which is the late black leather type with a square

shape and a plastic leica badge weighs 354g giving a total of 1433g ready to go.

The dimensions of the camera body are 148mm long x 98mm high x 52.8mm deep i.e.

the same size and weight as a Nikkormat. In the hand, the body shape fits perfectly in the

hand with the curved back and all the contols are idealy placed. Then there is the fantastic

bright viewfinder...

Peter