Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/20

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Contax shutter complexity versus Leica
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 16:59:56 -0800

At 02:11 PM 11/20/99 -0500, Marc James Small wrote:
>Obviously, when it went
>out of production in '58 and off the market in '60, the Nikon RF have gone
>even earlier, it would no longer be anyone's choice.  The period under
>consideration is 1931 to 1960.

Not to mention it going out of production begs the question. If it was such 
a hot item with professionals, why was the Leica the winner of the 
longevity contest?

I'm truly curious.

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA

http://www.neteze.com/ewelch

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