Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] "standard camera"
From: smhickel@iserv.net
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 23:08:34 -0500

Eric,

What would your list be: be gentle?

Steve

At 09:13 PM 12/22/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>And the 25 cameras mentioned in the article are?
>
>1: Deardorf 5x7
>2: F5
>3: Canon EOS-3 (just came out! And no R8? Something's wrong here...)
>4: Rolleiflex 6008
>5: A "G8" flatbed camera - whatever that is.
>6: Leica M6 TTL
>7: A monorail view camera (too many close together to single one out?
Cowards!)
>8: (Tie with 9) Mamiya RZ67 Pro II
>9: (Tie with 8) Mamiya 7
>10: Hasselblad 503CW with CW Winder
>11: Contax G2 (Give me a break!)
>12: Wista 45 DXII
>13: Pentax 645N
>14: Hasselblad Xpan
>15: Nikon N90s
>16: Minolta Maxxum 9 (the new pro camera just introduced - Hey, basis for
>an R9? It's got stuff the F5 and EOS1n don't have!)
>17: Tachihara 4x5 (tie with 18)
>18: Calumet Wood Field
>19: Fujica GA 645 Professional
>20: Minolta HTsi
>21: Pentax 67
>22: Seagull WWSC-120 TLR
>23: Canon ELPH
>24: Nikon Coolpix 900
>25: Olympus Stylus Epic.
>
>I have to say I don't disagree with a lot of choices here, but it wouldn't
>be my list.
>-- 
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
>
>Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot
>
>