Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> on 2/14/01 4:45 PM, Steve LeHuray at icommag@toad.net wrote: > >> This picture plus alternate is from a story that i am doing on the new Aaton >> A-minama 16/S16mm camera. This camera is a huge jump in technology and as >> you can see from the M2 beside it, it is very small for a professional >> camera. This particular camera is number 27 from the hand-assembly line. And >> if you think Leicas are expensive, the body on this camera is about $15,000, >> then you have to buy a viewfinder, magazines, lenses, etc, etc. > Johnny Deadman wondered: > It looks pretty much like a regular aaton except for the magazine. Is that a > 400 ft reel? If so it's pretty amazing. It only takes 200' reels and is about half the size of an XTR Prod. And a Prod package new is about $150,000. Plus if you look at them together the A-Minama is very different. Steve Annapolis