[Leica] Re: New Zeiss Ikon

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

...and they were so innovative and competitive that they even overwhelmed
Exakta in 35mm SLR development.
S. Dimitrov


> From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:57:00 -0700
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: New Zeiss Ikon
> 
> I was brought up on Contax RF cameras.  They are truly great.  But I do
> agree with the theory that Leica would have had to perform to a much higher
> standard, if there were real competition out there for the past 40 or so
> years ( since the Nikon SP died.)  The lenses are not the issue here, it is
> the body.
> 
> Nikon and Contax made really heavy cameras.  The Leica were much lighter.
> Nikon and for that matter, Canon, were real innovators in the last years of
> RF life.  Competition spices it up for all of us.  But the reality is that
> Leica IS the only choice now, for all practical pupposes.  Hexar, Cosina,
> Nikon ( S3), and Contax are really only skimming the market of Leica.
> 
> Now about that customizeable M that you always wanted....... the one with
> the Panda colors on a Red Moroccan goat leather body with M6 rewind and M3
> crank, and of course, the M3 rewind lever and lens locking ring.... doesn't
> that just reek of innovation?
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
> 
> 
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