Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You made the logical choice, Felix - in terms of value for the dollars, in terms of features, and in terms of ergonomics. Just looking at the various photos of the back, I have been struck by its angularity, and can, just looking at it, feel those edges and corners poking into various parts of my hands; it wouldn't have taken a Raymond Lowe to figure out how to round off the edges, and make the back more a part of the main camera body. But what the hell - for those of you with big R systems, who want to keep shooting film with your Rs - and for whom money has little meaning - why not just tack the back on when you want to play with digital? -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of F?lix L?pez de Maturana Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 5:09 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Re:OT: Bronica SLR finished >I find the end of the line for a camera brand sad, as does almost >everyone else here. Nonetheless. does anyone on this list actually know >anyone who actually BOUGHT a NEW Bronica SLR in the last 2 or 3 years. >let alone the last 10 years? > >Allen Bronicas were my first 6x6 cameras after the Super Ikontas and the Rolleiflex 2.8F and before starting with Hasselblad material.As it happens with all my equipment the very old S2 and the newer EC-TL -first automatic camera with in body metering- do work perfectly as do the set of lenses from 40 to 400mm manufactured by Nikon and -by the time- excellent. I have only one mechanical failure in the last 40 years in the S2. I'm sad to hear this ending and I've found really a big lot of wedding photographers shooting with ETR cameras. Whatever every of us are thinking about the exodus to digital is unstoppable. I handed in Photokina the R back and I didn't like it. I should have preferred a completely new R digital body. If Leica friends forgive me I, instead of, ordered a Canon EOS 1 Ds Mk II with which I was allowed by Canon fellows to shoot some pics . Felix _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information