Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In case you haven't heard, Leica owns Minox and therefore discussions about Minox is as closely related to Leica as discussions regarding their plastic labeled cameras produced in the Asian plants owned by their competition. If you haven't followed the thread the discussion was and is related to issues related to the Mini Leicas at first addressing a request from a writer who appeared to be interested in one. Responses have been revolving around why it the Leicas do or don't fit individual's tastes and what alternatives were chosen and why. There probably has been more real relavent discussion going on with this thread than several others on this group. If the entire thread were monitored by Leica, maybe they could produce a photographer's p&s rather than having to rewarm existing competitor's designs. Additionally, the basic design of the Minox was designed by a Leica employee for a Leica prototype, it turns out that the 35mm lens for the Minox may have been supplied by Leica and the last two 9.5mm Minox lanses were designed by a Leica employee on loan to Minox and then went to work for them. It is amazing what can be learned when you keep your mind eyes, and ears open. Leica goes far beyond SM, M and Minolta/Leica cameras. And this information IS both informative and interesting to some of us and is the difference between flare characteristics may be for others of you. Additionally, several of the current cameras such as the Hexar and G series seem to have some link design wise to the CL/CLE series. Much has been discussed in theory about the future impact on both the Leica and Minox minis now that the relationship is more clearly defined. Not surprising, it seems that the Minox is a better executed design and fits the niche it was designed for than Leica's models. We who do use Minox (also Leica owners by the way) seem more concerned that Leica will screw up a good design (Minox), than think that they will improve upon it. If you don't like to view Leica without rose colored glasses, by all means just delete the messages. If you want to see what and how others view and use Leicas, read all the threads as I do, even though issues of which lens is better don't really turn me on. It isn't like Leica has produced any lens which is equal to a Kodak disc camera lens and the world should know about it. I would be proud to use any Leica lens on any of the M bodies, or even SMs w/ adaptors or with SM bodies. Sorry, I'm not into SLRs, and if I were it would be the AX, unless Leica comes out with one which will use the current line in AF mode. 00, you wrote: >What is happenong to this list, I thought that it was the Leica list not the COntax, >ROllei, Minox list. With the multiple threads about High-end P&S cameras maybe someone >could start a group about them. Maybe there ought to be a Contax and Minox groups and >there already is a Rollei group. IMHO, this list should try to stay more focused on the >topic of Leica's and their use in Photography. > > >John > > Brian Levy, J.D. Agincourt Ont. dlevy@worldy.com