Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Konica HEXAR RF Lenses reviewed in CI #220
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:18:48 -0800

sometime around 12/14/99 2:58 AM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net was
heard  to write:

> Eric...Screw the lenses...To paraphrase James Carville, "It's the body,
> stupid!" :-) If one already has the Leica glass, and M bodies, IF the Konica
> body proves to be hardy and as described, doesn't it in fact provide most of
> the modern amenities for those times you might want them - without anyone's
> having to muck around the with the proven perfection of the M line?

B. D.

But my point is it doesn't work as well with 1.4 lenses. What good is it if
it can't do what a Leica can do in Leica conditions?

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Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.neteze.com/ewelch

Zen master to hotdog vendor. "Make me one with everything."