Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I guess to be fair, I should have added to my earlier post that I bought a Konica Minolta 7D specifically because I have a bagfull of Minolta optics that will fit it. So the analogy holds for those of us who have Leica optics. But only so far; my 7D didn't doesn't cost $3,000, it can be had now for only a bit more than a thousand (USD). The 7D isn't plagued by the sort of QC problems that I have read about the RD-1. And something that people sometimes don't mention; the RD-1 has a short rangefinder base that precludes use of long focal length lenses. Even the 90 is problematic, from what I have heard. To be honest, if I had the money, I would have bought 6 of them, and hoped that at least one worked well. And I would have had a lot of fun with it. But for some of us 3 grand is a lot of money, and good digital cameras with a lens or two can be had for much less. -dan c.