Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Terry Sham wrote: > > Zeiss chose Yashica as its partner in the past because Pentax refused to > join with Zeiss first. Why Leica chose Minolta as its partner in the past? Because the Minolta bodies of that time were the only ones which did compare at least mechanically to Leitz standards. And that's what Leica was looking for - a new amd cheaper to produce reflex camera body - with the production costs for the leicaflex going totally out of bounds. > Does Minolta match the high optical knowledge and quality of Leica? No. 'Nuff said. Axel