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Subject: Re: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons
From: Craig Zeni <clzeni@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:50:45 -0400
References: <200307110013.RAA12879@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

Five.  Or six.  Whatever, I prefer my F2AS to any other SLR I've 
had...only autofocus I own is an F4s and for that matter I can't 
recall the last time I used it in AF mode...

>Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:26:39 -0700
>From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons
>Message-ID: <3F0DDA0F.7E530F03@pacbell.net>
>References: <000001c34728$90e7a530$6401a8c0@dorysrusp4>
>
>BD
>
>Count me as #4, as I have been using my Nikon F2A reliably
>since the '70's.  It has never let me down.
>
>Jerry
>
>Don Dory wrote:
>
>>  Well, I must be number three as I am eying the prices of mint R8's and
>>  most commonly use an SL2 if I use a SLR.
>>
>>  Don
>>  dorysrus@mindspring.com
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>  [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Douglas
>>  Herr
>>  Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:08 PM
>>  To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>  Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons
>>
>>  langhans <langhans@compwrx.com> wrote:
>>
>>  >
>>  > OK, BD.  I'm one.  Would the other 5 like to speak out?
>>  >
>>  > Aram
>>
>>  >> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:13:39 -0400
>>  >> From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
>>  >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons
>>  >> Message-ID: <001c01c346e5$1449c5a0$0316fea9@ccasony01>
>>  >> References:
>>  >>
>>  >> The reason Nikon still has F3's for sale is the same reason
>>  >> that the R line has been a financial dog for Leica - there
>>  >> are only about six people out there these days in the market
>>  >> for a solid, reliable, manual focus SLR any more. The F3 was
>>  >> and is a terrific camera - but it came out at the wrong time
>>  >> in the evolution of Autofocus and auto everything.
>>  >
>>
>  > Here's another.  Four more - then we've accounted for the entire market.
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