Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 1/11/99 1:04:51 AM, you wrote: <<From: Andre Jean Quintal <megamax@abacom.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] New, kind, gentle, non offensive, P.C. subject Doesn't ANYBODY own a Kodak Retina or Retinette ? Always wondered how they performed and were like in real life use. AJQ >> Well, a Kodak Retina III-c was my favorite family snap shooter for a number of years and would still be but the wind mechanism which uses a funky worm gear went flooey. I can highly recommend the lens on it -- or the II c or other similar models, which use the Zenon lens. An absolutely marvelous lens, lovely "rounding and depth effect, very sharp, lovely color renditions. I liked the pictures better than Leica pictures, to be honest. You get similar results with the older Rolleiflexes, by the way. cTrentelman Ogden UT