Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes. I started with a Minolta SRT101 because that's all I could afford. As soon as I could afford to, I switched to Leica. Tina On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > >> >>Doesn't matter, there were not the choices that there are now... >> > > There were different choices to be sure... off the top of my head: Pentaxes and minoltas of various grades, Practicas, Canon SLRs and rangefinders, Konica SLRs and Ricoh fixed-lens P&S, the Nikon F and Nikkormats, Instamatics from cheap disposables to Kodak SLRs with Schneider lenses. Most if not all were substantially less costly than the contemporaneous Leicas. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com