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Subject: [Leica] Alpa
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (feli)
Date: Sun Jul 3 12:31:22 2005
References: <6.2.1.2.2.20050703191417.04112220@mail.screengang.com><BEEDEE26.3C0A%philippe.orlent@pandora.be> <6.2.1.2.2.20050703211054.036e7eb0@mail.screengang.com> <001201c58004$f382d770$6452c33e@symke>

Maybe they could make a version with a coupled, long base ragefinder,  
featuring parallax correction for
drop-in frameline masks. :-) At a mere $20,000 it would be a steal.

In the meanwhile, how about a nice clean Graflex XL  as a cheap stand- 
in?
http://www.graflex.org/articles/xl-line.html


feli

On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:25 PM, animal wrote:

> Alpa forum on photo.net
> http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-one-category? 
> topic_id=35&category=Alpa
> best,simon jessurun
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Didier Ludwig"  
> <rangefinder@screengang.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 9:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Alpa
>
>
> Philippe,
>
>
>> But it is a beauty:
>> http://alpa.ch/en/products/cameras/cameras12wa.html
>>
>
> Yes, it's the ultimate ?ber-Leica. I have seen one in camera shop,
> unfortunately I didn't have enough coins with me... :-(
>
>
>> Except when Karl Lagerfeld is holding it, of course...
>>
>
> He gives a kind of Hermes aura to Alpa ;-)...
>
> But have you seen the striped Paul Smith version:
> http://www.alpa.ch/alpa/alpa12special.htmg
> Paul Smith is said to be the biggest Alpa stockist in UK,
> <envy> he must have dozens of them </envy>
> Didier
>
>
>
>
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