Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andre Jean Quintal wrote: > > This week, someone on the LUG suggested Leica engineers > get together with Minolta to churn out the next Leica R9 ASAP. > > This morning, I spent an hour eyeing Minolta's website, > considering which Minolta SLR could become interesting > with a Leica brand and Leica grade autofocus optics... > I became quite aroused by the Minolta Maxxum 800si > for competitive value, coupled with a series of Leica AF lenses > derived from their current ' R ' or ' M ' optics ... > > It's that thing they call a Minolta Maxxum ' 9 ' that > did ring bells. Last time I had a Minolta 'buzz', it was > called ' 7 '. Strange how they don't "push" their lenses > on their website. ><snip> Their add campaign was impressive. "Make a difference" blue denim piece core worker/photographer holding up a not an 8x10" but 6x9" black and white print of starving child... and camera with 1/12,000 shutter speed. The child wasn't crying that fast! The camera looked impressive though. Mark Rabiner