Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/17

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Subject: RE: [Leica]Konica Hexar...It ain't no Leica..
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 17:27:43 -0000

>>>>>>>>>>
Dante, it just goes to show that handling is a subjective thing...But I do
have one concern.  Why is a a Konica HexarRF, made in Japan, with electronic
shutter and some fairly standard specs and no TTL, worth as much or more
than a Nikon F100?  The profit margin for Konica has to be tremoundous!
<<<<<<<<<<
Is this question really being asked by an owner/fan of an all mechanical
rangfinder, whose design has been virtually unchanged for the past 18 years
or so - oh, I forgot, they added TTL flash and a larger shutter speed dial!
and sells for $2000, when a newly designed Nikon F100, with a zillion bells
and whistles and a microwave oven built-in, goes for about $1300?

Comeon, guys. We all know the Hexar isn't a Leica. So what?