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Subject: [Leica] Re: Some ideas for a new R
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 08:36:09 -0700
References: <8.8942de1.26c01e68@aol.com>

Chuck,

After you buy your Yugo for transportation and your tent to live in, you
should buy a K-1000 for your photography. That way you cannot complain
about the high prices. You can move, sleep, and snap. What more could you want?

Life is beautiful.

Jim


>Chuck at Ccl1396915541@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> After I slammed the R bodies I thought before I went off on my trip I'd
>> propose what might be a nice way to support the Leitz lenses everybody is
>> rooting for.  Suppose Leica called up Nikon and said: Hey, you still
have the
>> tooling for the F4?  Ok, we'll buy it.  We'll rip out the autofocus motor
>> (but leave in the in-focus lights) and hook  up a Leica lensmount to the
>> meter.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>>>>>>>>Ought to have room for the cams once the AF is gone.  Then, Leica
>> calls up Cosina and says:  make us one of those cheap mechanical bodies like
>> you do for Nikon and Olympus and Yashica and Ricoh.  We want both a spot
>> meter and centerweighted in ours like the Olympus has.  We'll sell it for
>> $400 'cause it says "Leica". <<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> That way folks can get started in the system or
>> have a good cheap spare body.   The R62 is a ripoff at the price they ask.
>> You get the picture.  Leica isn't ashamed to buy their zoom lenses from
>> Japan, maybe they should just subcontract their bodies to a good
company, get
>> a really nice reliable modern design, and concentrate on making those super
>> duper lenses instead of pissing everyone off with their self destructing
>> bodies.
>> 
>> Chuck

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