Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wasn't the CL a Leitz design? Seems to me that the engineering is the important part. iPods are a true-blue Apple product, though they many are made by Taiwanese contract manufacturer Inventec. Jonathan Ives' design work is what matters. --Jim On Jun 29, 2005, at 6:26 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Gene E. McCluney wrote a long, very plausible explanation about why > the new > Zeiss is not at all like a Bessa, but then foolishly asked...:-) > > > >> Is a Leica CL, just a "dressed up" Minolta because that is who >> made it, or >> rather is it a unique camera that has its own merits which >> happened to be >> made for Leitz under contract by Minolta. >> > > Yes, a Leica CL is just a "dressed up" Minolta with an M lens > mount. Fun, > useful, compact, and when mounting a Leica lens, capable of > producing images > as good as those produced by an MP - but a Minolta none-the-less. > Which has > nothing to do with what the new Zeiss will or won't be. :-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >