Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><Snip> > > Right you are about the XA - except that the images come out a little too > soft in the corners. Now everybody is lauding another PS Olympus, marketed > here in Europe as<Mju II>; I've heard it's got an incredible metering > system, that surpasses even some SLRs. > > Martin > > I have had the Yashica and Contax P&S. The Yashica did not last, the Contax > was too costly for the amount of use. Then I bought an Olympus XA. For the > money it cannot be surpassed. And the quality of the photos is phenomenal. > Manual focus, manual or AE exposure, 35/2.8 lens, detachable flash, and a > sliding clamshell design that protects the lens and acts as a system switch. > I use it for casual pix but Joe Dickerson, a local photog makes *very* > decent 16x20 prints with the XA. > > Joe > I wonder what it was that Oscar Barnack was trying to do for us? Check 1911 below. 1889 The 50,000th Microscope was produced. In the time between 1889 and 1911, several new products were added to the line including, still & cine projectors, binoculars and a variety of specialist optical equipment. 1903 Henri Damur, Ernst's Great Nephew, joins the company and later becomes Sales Manager. 1911 Oscar Barnack arrives at the Leitz Wetzlar Factory with the idea of manufacturing an easily portable camera. The first 35mm Camera was born. 1912 Prof. Max Berek joins Ernst Leitz Company and later computes and invents the first Leica lens. 1913 Oscar Barnack invents the UR-Leica Prototype 1920 Ernst Leitz dies and Ernst Leitz II becomes sole owner of the business. 2001 Lugnuts all go out and buy Olympus, Ricoh, Yashica point and shoots and think they are have done Oscar Barnack justice - And are real Leica shooters. I think Oscar Barnack succeeded incredibly. Alright the M series is not the "Barnack" camera but earlier screw mount serieses are. And THIS, not Olympus, Ricoh, Yashica is what Lugnuts should have in our pockets. Personally I find an M series camera small enough. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html