Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/26

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Subject: [Leica] minolta does in fact remember the CLE
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri Aug 26 21:48:04 2005
References: <20050825222841.GC17531@panix.com>

I wish they had remembered how to fix and service it, and then I would 
still own my lovely set :-(

On 26/08/2005, at 8:28 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:

> i got my son a Minolta Dimage Xt for his 8th birthday (we'll see
> how long it survives) and i was reading the instruction book.
> i was startled to see what seemed an incongruously-placed photograph of
> a Minolta CLE with 40mm M-rokkor.  this happened to be my first
> M mount camera.  the instruction book says:
>
>   When the shutter is released, a shutter sound effect will
>   give a positive confirmation ofy  shutter effects are
>   available; signal 1 is mechanical, signal 2 is electrical,
>   and custom for a personalized effect.  The mechanical
>   shutter sound was taken from the legendary Minolta CLE,
>   a compact rangefinder that represents the pinnacle of the
>   development of the Leitz-Minolta CL.
>
> if we overlook the detail that the CLE's shutter was in
> fact electronic, it's sort of a nice tribute to pay to
> the past, and a reassuring reminder that human beings
> actually write some of these instruction books.
>
> -rei
>
> -- 
> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
>
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Alastair


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