Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, there are considerations of film flatness from the film handling mechanism, precision of the flange-to-film distance, sturdiness so that that distance does not change over time, etc. But Since the Bessa L and ZI are both coming from Cosina, I doubt there are radical differences in film handling. I'd imagine Kyocera had the rights to the ceramic pressure plate of the Contax series. Probably more of a theoretical difference. Tom Schofield On Aug 27, 2006, at 6:57 AM, Frank Filippone wrote: > Panorama and SW .....my behind.... > > The camera has a 24x36 film area and no VF...... Same as the > original Bessa L but with M mount..... and a significantly higher > price..... > > "... The Zeiss Ikon SW offers the same extremely high image quality > as the known Zeiss Ikon rangefinder camera: far above today's > digital cameras. " > > What image quality? ... it is a box. There is no optics.... > > Marketing hype on a $100 camera = an 800 Euro Camera...... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information