Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:24 PM 1998-10-31 -0500, Akhil Lal wrote: > >The not so new 2.8 GX was a bitter disappointment. It has a plasticky >appearance and seems to be mechanically simplified compared to the old F >series. I have never liked it and wonder how many have been sold. This >camera needs to be rethought and upgraded if Rollei wishes it to survive. >And why is a simple 2.8 GX more expensive than a 6000 outfit ? > Production of the 2.8GX ended in 1996 when the shutter supply ran out -- no one will still supply a size 0 shutter in small quanitities. Approximately 15,800 were built, all but the last 1,000 or so with Compur shutters; the last batch had Seiko shutters. There are still some in stock and the supply is not expected to be exhausted until 2000. <sigh> Yet another Y2K horror. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!