Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 1/4/05 6:04 PM, Bill Marshall at billgem@hotmail.com wrote: > I was in a Leica shop today where the owner had an old Leica R3 > and an old Leica R4 on display. He explained that both were made by Minolta > & were identical to Minolta models that were current at the time, but cost > 3 > times as much. The shop owner was seriously mis-informed. The R3 was derived from a minolta design (XG-7?) and made by Leitz Portugal, and the R4 was co-developed with minolta, also made by Leitz Portugal. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com