Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/24

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Subject: [Leica] Alpa
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:54:34 -0400
References: <C75C9A26-CA3A-436F-ABC7-E4AA2866F41A@gmail.com> <EDF099DA-BDAA-49B3-A6AB-53690016EA53@gmail.com> <3EF7AE1A2F054F7CA77B45D3889C70C1@billHP>
 
i remember an almost identical experience with alpa in Greensboro

i also fanticized over an M i knew i could never afford

bought a Fujica ST-701 and later 801

ric


On Jul 24, 2012, at 8:31 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:

> I remember fooling around with on in a camera store in the early 
> seventies. At that time I was shooting a Nikon F, and before that a 
> Spotmatic, and the Alpa was an ergonomic nightmare. A beautiful well made 
> piece of fine Swiss nightmare. Everything seemed to work either upside 
> down or backwards from any other camera in the world. The owner, a friend, 
> recognised my discomfort and told me that he agreed, but it was so well 
> made and the results were so good, that he didn't care and used one. The 
> lenses had a very high rating. Like all things Swiss, it was beautifully 
> made, but operation was a real challenge.
Replies: Reply from mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] Alpa)
 In reply to: Message from leowesson at gmail.com (Leowesson) ([Leica] Alpa)
Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] Alpa)
Message from billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce) ([Leica] Alpa)