Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: olympus vs leica
From: John Hudson <jahudson@direct.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:20:12 -0800

At 10:39 AM 25-02-1999 -0800, Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> wrote:

>That outfit he describes the OM 4T is very Leicalike in my opinion. The
>glass may not be quite as excellent as he says it is but excellent none
>the less. The compactness of its look in a camera case could easily have
>more appeal than the same outfit in R8 to an M user. Those are little
>gems of cameras and lenses. When they say T they are not talking about
>titanium paint. Its a shame the whole company lost its image as a
>serious contender in the autofocus era. It was the system my best friend
>used when I started out with my chunky (pre FM influenced by Olympas)
>system. Its possible that if it wasn't for them we'd all be shooting
>with M5's and speaking…..?
>Mark Rabinereeze
>
At what point and / or under what circumstances would any alleged
differences in the quality of the optics become apparent to a moderately
discriminating viewer?

jh