Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:37 AM 10/9/96 -0700, you wrote: >At 05:42 PM 10/8/96 +0200, you wrote: >>It sounds and feels very much unlike the other two cameras. A Leica R4 and a >>Minolta XD7 sound and feel very much alike, try operating the wind-on >lever, fire >>the shutter. You'll know what I'm talking about... > >Sorry, but I could do that with thick gloves. But then I've used R4s for >about 13 years. Besides, the R4 is based on the XD-11, the R3 was based on >the XD-7. > No--the R3 was based on the XE-7, which was a completely different camera from the XD series--larger and with match-needle metering instead of LEDs. >And the differences were more inside. The film advance, and the shutter and >body shell were about the only things they had in commmon. The mirror, >pentaprism, electronics and many other parts were completely different. > Yes--the R4 feels much sturdier, and has a brighter viewfinder, than the XD-11 (I got to use the two of them together once!). Unfortunate about the electronics, though! >=========== >Eric Welch >Grants Pass, OR > > > Charles E. Love, Jr. 517 Warren Place Ithaca, New York 14850 607-272-7338 CEL14@CORNELL.EDU