Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:59 PM 1/25/98 +0000, you wrote: >The Leica R4 test I found outlines the common parts of the R4 and the Minolta >XD11 as well. Minolta supplied the castings with the Copal made shutter and most >electronics complete. Apparantly Leica made the front mount casting and the body The article is wrong on some points. Any cursory examination of the function of the R4's electronics would prove that. The XD-11 did not have selective metering. Not only that, but one reason the R4mot was so unreliable was the company that manufactured the electronics, in England, knew the ICs were defective and sold them to Leica anyway. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Today's subliminal thought is...