Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/14

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: New Rangefinder cameras
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@cdsnet.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 23:01:06 -0700

At 03:20 PM 8/14/96 EDT, you wrote:

>have all but completely lost the "pro"  customer base and their ever
>changeing line up of flimsy plastic offerings has done nothing to bolster
>their image of late.

You better look at Minolta again. They have very competent pro level
equipment. Just because pros are a bunch of sheep and only use Nikon, Canon
and Leica (in that order of numbers used with anything else a far behind
tiny percentage) doesn't mean they can't be used for pro work. They make a
very fine SLR body with OTF TTL that's wireless, and very fast focusing that
would give most Canon and Nikon cameras (except the EOS1n and F5) a run for
the money. They have an 80-200 2.8, 300 2.8, 85 1.4, 35 1.4 etc., etc. 


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Eric Welch
Grants Pass Daily Courier
NPPA Region 11 JIB Chair