Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the CLE was also my entree into the world of M. i still own mine, purchased new, and for a long time it was a second body when i moved up to an m6. mine is near mint and shows no sign of trouble, but, i don't use it much any more as i prefer the higher magnifications and longer rangefinder bases with my new favorite lenses: the noct and 75 lux. while minolta may have orphaned the CLE, essex camera www.essexcamera.com will still work on it. parts, of course may still be a problem. people have theorized that the CLE used many parts from the XD11. i cannot attest to whether this is true or not, or whether those parts are readily available. - -rei On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 10:08:24PM -0400, Gary Williams wrote: > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Second Body > > > > 1. the CLE was my introduction to quality rangefinder: wonderful > > camera, I had it with its special leather carrycase, pocket flash, 90 > > and 40 and 28 and its special electronic cable release. I sold mine > > because Minolta would not even give them a haircut and mine was > > showing signs of becoming flaky. Abandoned. My advise is forget it. - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html