Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leicaflex vs Leica R
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 13:30:15 -0800
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Ted wrote:
> 
> Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
> > >>>>>People love a Leicaflex because they feel so good!!<<<<<
> 
> Mark,
> Not only that, but they were made from regurgitated Tiger tanks and could absorb
> a great pounding with nothing going wrong!
> 
> The ones I had were used with motors and they just ground out roll after roll and
> never any kind of twitch even when dropped by accident. Well one did sustain some
> major bruising when the neck strap let go and the camera had a free fall to the
> concrete landing on the rewind end of the body. However I could still manage to
> crank out the film until I returned to civilization and could have it repaired.
> Wonderful machines!
> 
> ted Grant

That too!!!

mark

but you have to shave your ROM chips off our new lenses to get them go fit in???

In reply to: Message from "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com> (RE: [Leica] Leicaflex vs Leica R)
Message from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] Leicaflex vs Leica R)
Message from Ted <tedgrant@home.com> (Re: [Leica] Leicaflex vs Leica R)