Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/17

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Subject: Re: G2
From: Stephen Gandy <steve@cameraquest.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 20:54:58 -0700

D Khong wrote:
> 
> At present I am looking at the new Contax G2. I get the impression that it
> is markedly better than the ol' G1.   It is priced at around Sing$3000 for
> the G2 body + 90 sonnar + 35 planar.   Have you seen it yet?  What do you
> think of it?
> 

a dealer friend of mine owns a G2.  He doesn't like the camera because
he says it has a poor TTL flash system--usually giving washed out
results.

whether this is true of his camera, early production models, or all G2's
I have no idea.

Stephen Gandy