Leica Mini Zoom

The Leica Mini Zoom is a 35mm compact rangefinder point-and-shoot camera produced in mid 1990s. It features a 35 - 70mm f/4.0 - 7.6 zoom lens and several basic, common "program modes" including bulb, infinity focus, exposure override, and the like.

Aside from bulb mode, the longest exposure automatically attainable (according to the manual) is 1/4 second at f/4.0. This can be done if you use the lightning bolt/on, double lightning bolt/on, or lightning bolt/off. Those individual settings -- three only. According to their manual ANY other settings will result in shutter speed at least 1/30 of a second and a minimum of EV 9. Note: according to the manual using the exposure override will still not result in an exposure longer than 1/30 of second. The range of shutter speed is from 1/4 to 1/300 second. Important: if you shoot in limited light and the mini zoom cannot use its lowest exposure value, it simply gives up and resorts to bulb mode.

Original advertising for the camera touted its ability to produce candid images, however the autofocus mechanics are slow, making truly candid people shots problematic.