Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Leica 0's were in production in 1923 or 4 " by the end of the decade, the camera had been perfected and full-scale production was established. " The Contax I came out in 1932. That was their first camera. That was the same year as The Leica Standard. Leicas 17th camera. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:48:56 -0600 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use > > >> No. When the market was early, and Zeiss was all over cameras, there was >> the Contax 1 and 2 and 3 and then there was the Leica ( whatever ) model. >> Zeiss was king. Leica the upstart. As the Good Book says, in the >> beginning, it was Contax and Leica. Contax was more elegant, more lenses, >> more you name it. Leica was cheaper by a lot. People who could not >> afford >> the Contax, bought Leicas. So why did Leica become supreme over the >> Contax? >> >> Because the Contax shutters required constant tweaking, constant >> replacement >> of the shutter cords, and basically were not reliable. >> >> Deja vue? >> >> Frank Filippone