Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > At 09:31 PM 8/10/1999 EDT, Tom Abrahamson foolishly queried: > >A metered 3F with a 1/125 flash synch, 1/2000 top > >speed and a price of around $450. Wouldn't that be a beauty! > > Well, to be rude, no. A Cosina Piece of Shit remains a Cosina Piece of > Shit, Tom, however you slice it. It isn't a Leica, and if you think it is, > well, I'd hold my peace, if I were you: your income is gauged by your > credibility within the Leica community and if the word starts getting > around that you believe some Cosina garbage is Leica-like, well, brother, > you will simply cause apoplexy from the laughter which results among the > cognescenti. Cosina is a junk company making junk. Better than a lot of > Oriental junk, but, for the all of it, still junk. It is NOT of Leitz > quality nor of Leica quality. It is junk by these standards. Great flash Ah, but if you put a Leica lens on it then what, eh! A Pearl on a Pig! That would be something to use Ted Grant's Lens Cleaning Cloth on it wouldn't it mate! > speeds and it is broken and unrepairable in six months. A wonderful way to > spend your $450. A IIIc would make more sense, with a Kontakt. But he wants a III_F_ weren't you paying attention, lad?! Not a III_c_ ! > Can we just keep this list on-target? It is the LEICA Users Group. Not > the Cosina Users Group. Not the Nikon Users Group. Not the Contax Users > Group. Not the Hasselblad Users Group. It is CERTAINLY not that erudite > chamber, the Rollei List. What's a Rollei - isn't that a camera like a Lubitel, Seagull or YashicaMat? - --- Paddy