Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andre Jean Quintal wrote: > > Good Afternoon Dan, > > ><snip> > ><snip> > Andre Jean Quintal > > At 11:48 -0400 15/08/99, Dan Post wrote: > > ANdre- > >I've had a few- from the SRT-101 to the 7000i and they are all nice cameras. > >The 7000i was one of the most complex pieces of camera whiz-bang technology > >I had ever seen- when I had it repaired, I was told that there were no less > >the 37 different switches, in, on, and about the body alone! All prone to > >get dirty, and to cease working! > >I guess tha's why I like the M and the LTM so much! Less to go awry! But if > >you need AF and AE and want a relatively nice camera, they are not bad... > >just not as good as a Leica! > >Dan Hello Mr. Q! Like you I also moved form Contarex (bull's-eye) to Rollei 35. From the biggest to the smallest way to expose a 35mm neg with a piece of Zeiss glass that I know of. As for Minolta we should not forget to give them credit for getting the whole autofocus thing going not that it's my particular cup of tea. I still think Leica needs to start making the R7 again. Did Minolta help them with that? Mark Rabiner