[Leica] Re: Re: So.. what is the deal with Alpa Cameras?

[s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)]

I still have an Alpa macro switar lens.
Is that any good? have no body for it .
My mother gave the camera to a distant cousin i believe. 
simon jessurun

>I would like one of the later models such as the two you mentioned.
> I am also looking for Leica-R lenses to use on my Canon 1dmk2.
> I currently have  a Zeiss Contax RTS II and the original 25mm Distagon,
> 60mm
> S-Planar and 85mm f1.4 Planar - made in West Germany and which were used
> for
> maybe 12 rolls of film and then never used again for the last 16 years.
> I discovered large format in 1989 and never looked back.
> Today I am a grandfather and looking for an outfit better suited to
> photographing children, macro and travel.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions you can offer,
> Mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JCB" <jcb@visualimpressions.com>
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 12:02 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: So.. what is the deal with Alpa Cameras?
> 
> 
>> At 02:10 AM 3/18/2005, Michael J Herring wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Do you know where one could still find a late model Alpa SLR in the USA?
>>>Thanks,
>>>Mike
>>
>>
>> What do you call "late model."  Alpa's last models were 10d, 11e, and
>> various configurations of them. Somewhere in the 80's, Alpa started
>> re-badging an Asian SLR (I don't remember the manufacturer - perhaps
>> Chinon- as I was not interested) so a "late model" Alpa SLR might not be
>> an Alpa.
>>
>> JB
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