Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was always under the impression that the CLs (Leica and "Leitz Minolta") were identical except for the badging, and that the main drawback was the short-base rangefinder and the camming of the lenses. The *pure*-Minolta model was the CLE. It partially improved those shortcomings plus added a swing-open back , auto-exposure...and TTL flash with a small, dedicated strobe (which only took Leica 20 more years to decide was such a good idea they simply *had* to redesign the M6 for it). Regards, Nigel On Thu, 5 Nov 1998 16:36:50 -0700 Bob_Maxey@mtn.3com.com writes: >True, I never bought the Minolta CL for my use. I did buy one for a >gift, >but I gave them Leica optics. Incidentally, in all fairness to the >Minolta >version, we tested in seriously, and it was not a bad camera. I still >use >my CL as well as my Minox 35...both great cameras. We sold a number of >them >to people who owned Leica cameras. > >Bob > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]