Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Ah well, I was raised on Nikons... and only 5 when that Contax was around... but 55 when I got the M3 bug again so I feel reborn! BTW: You're hankering after a mag, I guess... want to see one? Ed Buziak / Publisher Camera & Darkroom magazine ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk http://www.camera-and-darkroom.co.uk - ---------- >From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Resurgence of B&W >Date: Fri, Apr 7, 2000, 4:11 pm > >But the 1949 "Contax X first successful eye level pentaprism 35mm SLR" did >it first. >And was a succusful camera. The F just did MORE of them. >He could have mentioned the Hasselbald CM instead of the 1600 for the same reasons! >More CM's but the 1600s were already out there and were a success. >Mark (Camera & Darkroom loving) Rabiner