Smallest reflex system?

[makanakijones]

May be I am looking for an impossible camera:
- Smallest film reflex avalaible.
- Superb optics.
- Very quiet shutter sound (not very far from my leica).
- Almost spot metering.
- Not rare batteries.

[frdrx]

The only one I can think of is the Contax S2b. Or the Contax 139Q if you can live with centre-weighted, albeit very good, metering.

[benjiboy]

I'm looking for a deaf and dumb nymphomaniac who owns a liquor store, but in answer to you're question the nearest thing available IMHO is the Olympus OM4.

[Ian Grant]

Olympus Pen F or FT half frame, for full frame Pentax ME Super, I prefer the MX but the ME is quieter.

Ian

[Peter de Groot]

I think the smallest system would be the pentax 110. Useless but it is the smallest.

[makanakijones]

Well, then I have to make a point: Non useless smallest 35 reflex system avalaible?

[Steve Smith]

Olympus OM, Pentax ME or Nikon FG.


Steve.

[Peter de Groot]

I would recommend the Olympus ME Super. I have one of those and I like it a lot. Got a nice little kit together. Only need a 24 mm wide angle lens with it. Or 35 would be nice to.

[Anscojohn]

May be I am looking for an impossible camera:
- Smallest film reflex avalaible.
- Superb optics.
- Very quiet shutter sound (not very far from my leica).
- Almost spot metering.
- Not rare batteries.

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Olympus Pen F slr

[elekm]

The Pen F is somewhat wide, and the shutter is noisy. Originally took the PX13 mercury battery, which is no longer available (works great with hearing-aid batteries).

Great piece of engineering, however.

The Tessina with a chimney finder might fit the bill, although it isn't full frame.

But basically, what you want doesn't exist. And there is a point where an SLR can be too small.

The Yashica/Kyocera Contax cameras are well made, and the Carl Zeiss lenses are outstanding. The Minolta XD11 has a well-damped shutter and is among the cameras that were part of the mid-1970s downsizing that occurred (led by Olympus).