[Leica] Contax Goes On and On

[Afterswift@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/21/99 12:03:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes:

<< To Zeiss Ikon, the RF was a dying
 option.)  Hence, the mavens of Stuttgart decided to one-up the opposition
 by producing the Contarex instead of manufacturing the Contax IV and
 reworking some of those Prewar doo-dads and bringing out an affordable
 reflex housing.
    
    And the Contarex, ultimately bankrupted Zeiss Ikon.>>
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I think this scenario is an object lesson to Leica Solms. ZI had a splendid 
design in the Contax RF. Until the Nikon RF arrived, the Contax was Leica's 
only real competitor. The M3 was the Contax design given to Leitz by default. 
Nikon perfected the reflex originated by Exakta. Then it obligingly left the 
RF field to Leitz, until this business arrived in the 90's with the ersatz 
Contax with its AF lightweight lenses and intricate processor-linked 
mechanics. 

You want a real money camera, it's still the Leica M, keeping the golden 
touch of the genuine Contax.

Bob