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Subject: [Leica] CLE... ?
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sat Jan 21 09:36:10 2006
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I looked it up - the XG-7 has the same electronic bits as the CLE
Douglas

Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Hello Seve,
> I still use one, same set as Alastair had. As Sonny mentioned, you 
> can't easily use it manually because the meter switches off in manual 
> mode. Otherwise it's a lovely little camera and has excellent accurate 
> auto metering, even for very long shutter speeds. Perfect automatic 
> TTL-flash too.
> There are some limitations, Minolta published a list of lenses which 
> are incompatible and some which are not recommended for use with the 
> CLE.When I find the sheet I'll let you know which lenses, AFAIR, it 
> was the usual issues with aertures of f2 and under (Noctilux for 
> example) older 21mm, the 2/90, 135mm were not recommended either.There 
> was also something about lenses/hoods obscuring the RF/VF windows
> Although Minolta refuese to repair them,  repairers can replace the 
> electronics with the circuit board with the "innards" of one of the 
> Minolta AE SLRs,
> I think it was the XG or XM, maybe someone else on the list knows.
> Douglas
>
> Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>> I'm having a bit of a nostalgia trip anyway, so I was working on my 
>> Tribute to Minolta as I caught up with the LUG. I fell in love with 
>> the CLE in the 80's and here is one of the articles which had me 
>> lusting.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Articles
>>
>> There are 4 pages, you can download the pdf of the pages here:
>>
>>  http://homepage.mac.com/firkin/FileSharing45.html
>>
>> Then I found one in about 1985: a complete kit: camera, lenes, the 
>> leather carry bag, the flash, the cable release, filters boxes and 
>> loads of information. I sold it all giving up all my accumulated 
>> stuff to the next owner, who I hope was as delighted as I was when I 
>> got the "kit". I had sold it because it was beginning to play up and 
>> Minolta would not touch it with a barge pole. Everyone I asked about 
>> it said this was a known problem with a circuit board: my meter was 
>> "dicky", so with great sadness and as one of the only things I have 
>> ever sold, I gave it up.
>>
>> Great camera: expensive at the time: lousy back up
>>
>> Cheers
>> On 21/01/2006, at 12:36, Steve Barbour wrote:
>>
>>> I have been intrigued by a Minolta CLE body...a mint specimen,  
>>> almost enough to buy it...
>>>
>>> but I am concerned re its usefulness for an M shooter, it non- 
>>> compatability with certain M lenses, and in the event of a failure...
>>>
>>> trying to get it repaired, especially its electronic circuit board...
>>>
>>> your thoughts? yeh or neh..?
>>>
>>> thanks,  Steve
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>>>
>>>
>> Alastair
>>
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