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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica M8 alternative
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Fri Feb 1 07:14:08 2008
References: <21059.1201877066@serenity.jjd.com>

These reviews are not promising: Love that Amazon displays a real M3 photo!

http://www.amazon.com/MINOX-DCC-Leica-Digital-Camera/dp/B000LRIU54

And it really is only 3.2mp, but hold on..........it has a CMOS chip and IR 
filter glass for only $199!

Chris





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James J Dempsey" 
Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica M8 alternative


>> From: "Christopher Williams" 
>> Subject: [Leica] Leica M8 alternative
>> 
>> So you can't afford the M8, don't want to take you chance on an R-D1? 
>> Looks
>> like this is an easy choice, this screen is bright, menu simple:
>> 
>> http://www.minox.com/index.php?id=1358&L=1
> 
> I've always been intrigued by these, and now the specs seem to be pretty
> reasonable for such a small toy.
> 
> Has anyone tried the Minox Leica M3?  How is the image quality?  Anyone 
> know
> the 35mm effective focal-length of the lens?  Operational speed?
> 
> --Jim--


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