Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, I had not considered the renting of equipment which surely would have been a selling point. I once owned a XE-7 and wondered why they had not given it spot metering like the Leica R-4. Too bad. I wonder if they made a deal. Sam S Doug Herr wrote: > Correction, Sam. Lenses to at least *800* mm. See the Leitz 800 f/6.3? ;-) > >One of the problems with the system might have been the separate motor >drive/no motor drive models. Probably the biggest problem with the system, >at least in the USA, was installed base of users. By the time the XK was >introduced N and C already had a huge presence in the PJ market and renting >lenses for either N or C was much easier than for Minolta. Minolta just >didn't have enough of a foothold to grab much market sahre. > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html