Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/07

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Subject: [Leica] Message Recycling
From: "Richard E. Baznik" <reb10@po.cwru.edu>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 15:40:20 -0400

Anyone else getting repeat deliveries of some two- and three-day messages?
This one just arrived, and I've seen it at least once before.///Dick Baznik
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At 03:07 PM 7/7/00 -0400, Tim Swan wrote:
>
>on 7/5/00 2:38 PM, Henning J. Wulff at
>owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote:
>
>> Things that jump out -
>> 
>> - -Does the Hexar really have better system back-up than the Bessa?
>You can't judge any of the cameras in this article as a standalone product,
>except the Contax, as they can share "systems". The Hexar has better system
>backup if you agree that a Leica M has better system backup than a screw
>mount.
>
>> - -Does the Hexar's system with 3 lenses, a flash and a nice box really
equal
>> the Contax' or more obviously, the Leica's?
>I paid $1449 for my Hexar with flash and 50 mm Hexanon. I can use all of the
>lenses for my M6 with it. The Contax is a closed system. For $1449 I can get
>a used M6 body. In short, yes, the Hexar system beats the Leica's although
>it's really not a fair fight.
>
>Tim
>