Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: RF vs Reflex
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 11:38:51 +0100
References: <002901c29bf1$b5ae0720$ee73793f@dimarcojr.pressroom.com>

Sal DiMarco,Jr. wrote:
> Fellow Luggers,
>     In an earleir posting Martin Howard said, "Real men shoot with a
> Visoflex." While, I think he was trying to be humorous, it was this type of
> thinking at E. Leitz GMBH in the mid 1950's which prevented the development
> of a Leica single lens reflex camera, until Nikon had control of the market.
> Leica could have kept it's share of the market if they had an SLR ten years
> earlier.
>     Lastly, I know the R3 was a modified Minolta XG7 or 9. Could someone
> point out to me what Minolta model the R4 thru R7s are based on.

Sal,

Minolta XD (Japan) XD7 (Europe) XD11 (USA).

Lucien

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