Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:46 PM 2/2/98 +0800, you wrote: Some people dream of supermodels, others of riches. In my Dreams there is an electronic Japanese made body, with a built-in quiet motor like an EOS A2, Matrix metering, Selectable Auto-bracketing and great matrix flash, and a 250th flash sync with a rangefinder as good as the M cameras. The dream comes here: It has an M mount and all my precious Leica glass fits perfectly. Go ahead, tell me what a loser I am. Tom >What difference does it make who designed the body? You buy into a >camera system for its lenses. The camera body is merely a light proof >box. Besides, if a Japanese camera company were to have anything to do >with the R8, my guess is that most of us would be SECRETLY relieved. >When was the last time any German company came up with an original all >German camera design? Would anyone out there say Kyocera did a poor job >with Contax SLRs or the G2? The G2 and the RTS III are proofs that this >German/Japanese alliance can be a good thing! > >Lucien_vD@compuserve.com wrote: