Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]** Reply to note from Jack Campin <jack@purr.demon.co.uk> Tue, 20 Aug 1996 00:09:12 +0000 > did the Minolta XK people are talking about here have another > designation for the European market? While the SRT-series are common > here, I've never heard of that one. I doubt it. That was back in the days before the grey market was a big problem. The XK was a 70s vintage camera that lasted into the 80s. There's a copy of one at our local camera store in the historical section. They were bricks. Big as an F2 with a massive prism. They were built as tough, or tougher, than a Nikon F according to one guy I talked to who used them, and they had a seperate versoin with the motor permanently attached on the bottom, and that was massive! Great camears, lots of accessories. It really could have changed the Leica's future if the R system had been based on that, but the price? Oi! The Minoltas were more expensive than the Nikon or Canon pro cameras. Regards, Eric Welch Grants Pass, OR