Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:12 PM 9/4/01 -0400, Emanuel Lowi wrote: >I'm not surprised that the Kodak lenses for the Ektra performed so well. The Ektra >was Kodak's great attempt at making a camera in the Leica/Contax rangefinder league. >A bit gadget-festooned, yes, and today usually not reliable, it was still an >admirable "Made in USA" attempt at a pro caliber 35mm camera. Bell & Howell also made >the "Foton" camera during the same era, superior to Kodak's Ektra, also with its own >set of lenses. The Foton was a decade later, Emmanuel, than the Ektra. Its prime lens was a fine Taylor Taylor Hobson Amotal; when the Foton was discontinued, the remaining lenses were sent to Italy to be remounted into LTM and Contax RF mounts. The mount for the Leica was crude but functional. This lens has become a desired collectable of late, alas!, as I sold my two some years back, before they went up in price. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!