Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] "standard camera"
From: "ross mcleish" <cram@bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 09:50:17 +1100

As a Rollei 6008i user as well as Leica R6.2, I was at least pleased to see
the position/recognition awarded the Rollei. Lets hear it for the R6.2, as
well as the R8!!!
Happy yuletide from Australia, everyone!!

- -----Original Message-----
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, 23 December 1998 14:42
Subject: Re: [Leica] "standard camera"


>>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