Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:44 PM 6/6/97 -0700, you wrote: >Hi All, > >I just got off the phone with Don Goldberg discussing the R8. > >I misunderstood Don's previous comments, and in doing so misquoted him. >My apologies to Mr. R8 (aka Ted). > >He did confirm that the R8 surprised him by reminding him internally of >the Prakticas--but he did not mean that in a negative way. > >It seems that the R4 to R7 look inside like a typical Japanese SLR. Not >too surprising since they are based on Minolta technology. > >The R8 inside looks very unlike previous R's and very unlike previous >Leicas in general. Its a whole new direction. It just so happens that >the internal engineering reminds Don of Praktica's designs. > >He makes no predictions of ruggedness etc, time will tell. > >Stephen Gandy > > Can we all rest now? Jim