Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I ran across a T4 lying around in a small town camera shop (Lysekil Sweden) this summer. It was the only one they had left, so I got it for the demo-price. I already had a T4 but it had 8 years of use (with a really foggy viewfinder since I usually carried it around in a sock) ... so I picked up another one. They're lovely cameras. Daniel On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Phil Stiles wrote: > > > Tristan Tom wrote: > > > > While not directly Leica related, the new Yashica T-4 Zoom point and shoot > > camera is now shipping from places like B&H. It has a 28-70 zoon Zeiss > > lens. I'm anxious to see some reviews of this point and shoot, I wonder how > > it will compare to the now classic non zoom version. > > This is a very interesting development. Supposedly Zeiss was never > willing to lend their name to a P&S zoom lens, because they didn't think > that any were of sufficient quality. The T4 was a classic, largely due > to the quality of the 35mm lens. Now we have a Zeiss zoom. T4s were > selling for around $150, now I see them on eBay for $300! I've actually > moved on to the Contax T2, but the T4 makes a great "loaner" when my > wife wants to take a camera on an outing. Thanks for pointing out this > OT development. > Phil Stiles > > > > -- > > > > Tristan Tom > > http://www.tristantom.com/ > > NO ARCHIVE > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html