Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dante, Thanks for this review. I have one of the new generation Texas Leicas, the GSW690III. It has a fixed 5.6/65mm lens. I am glad it does not have interchangeable lenses (and neither does my Rolleiflex), so it does not tempt me into Leica-like expenditures... Nathan "dante@umich.edu" wrote: > Hi: > > I was cleaning out a huge number of old email messages and there were some > inquiries from the LUG and RF list members about the Fuji "Texas M2" that I > never got around to answering. I just completed a web page on it that > should provide enough material to understand it. I put in some pictures > this time so that the scale would be apparent (I even included a real > Leica). > > http://www.dantestella.com/technical/g690bl.html > > I think this item may be of interest to Leicaphiles and 6x9 fans, because it > so closely resembles pocketable Ms in function while scoring a huge neg. The > interchangeable lenses are fun, too. > > Dante > > PS: I am filling in my "blue items," and if any topic looks like it would be > of more interest than others, let me know and I will do those first. My > goal is to fill it all in by the end of the year. I am trying to > concentrate on items that don't have a lot of web discussion first ‹ so the > discussion of the three faces of TMX will have to wait until the end. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html