Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nigel, I think the CL bodies were identical (made by Minolta in Japan) except for the badging. The 40/2.0 Rokkor was make in Japan by Minolta, while the 40/2.0 Summicron-C and both the 90/4.0 Elmar-C and 90/4.0 Rokkor were made in Germany by Leica. On Thu, 05 Nov 1998 19:47:48 EST, nbwatson@juno.com (N. B. Watson) wrote: Regards, PB >I was always under the impression that the CLs (Leica and "Leitz >Minolta") were identical except for the badging, and that the main >drawback was the short-base rangefinder and the camming of the lenses. >The *pure*-Minolta model was the CLE. It partially improved those >shortcomings plus added a swing-open back , auto-exposure...and TTL flash >with a small, dedicated strobe (which only took Leica 20 more years to >decide was such a good idea they simply *had* to redesign the M6 for it). > >Regards, >Nigel > >On Thu, 5 Nov 1998 16:36:50 -0700 Bob_Maxey@mtn.3com.com writes: > >>True, I never bought the Minolta CL for my use. I did buy one for a >>gift, >>but I gave them Leica optics. Incidentally, in all fairness to the >>Minolta >>version, we tested in seriously, and it was not a bad camera. I still >>use >>my CL as well as my Minox 35...both great cameras. We sold a number of >>them >>to people who owned Leica cameras. >> >>Bob >> >> >> > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Paul C. Brodek/Kobe, Japan E-Mail: pcb@iac.co.jp Tel/Fax: 078-857-3747 Tel/Fax (Int'l): 81-78-857-3747