Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:17 PM 1/17/01 -0500, you wrote: >Could anyone tell me which was the Minolta camera that was so much like the >R3? I'm trying to give a friend a hand who is attempting to resurrect a R3, >and suggested to him that he might need to cannibalize that Minolta. So... >if only I knew which one. > >And perhaps someone here knows if the electronics of these cameras are also >compatible; namely the part that leads to the shutter (alright, so now you >understand that I don't know anything about camera repair :-). > >Thanks in advance, >Bart Haig I know nothing about camera repair either other than the minolta XE7 (usually excellent black paint on brass like my beat to Hel but spot-on black SRT102) and XE5 (panda: chrome w/black prism) that you are thinking of are exceedingly hard to get repaired as no one wants to work on them. EurAsia had different designations than the USAs XE7/5 as is minolta's habit. Supposedly they share the same basic shape and the Copal Leitz Shutter and were made around the CL and CLE era. I have one of each. On my XE5, the film advance sticks at full stroke 80% of the time and I have NO metering. (It is virtually useless) on my XE7 everything works smoothly except the Program mode. (Which I don't see me using much anyhow.) Back in the day that I played 'compromise' with my camera equipment more than I do now, these were my 'start' in Leica equipment. As the days pass and the headaches continue from dealing with 'pre-experienced' equipment more and more I think that I'm going to follow Kyle's lead for 2001 and rule that I will rid myself of all of my cameras that aren't in top condition or easily repairable. "No more broken cameras." Carpe Luminem, Michael E. Berube http://GoodPhotos.com