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Re: [OM] Oly at the PhotoPlus show

Subject: Re: [OM] Oly at the PhotoPlus show
From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 13:50:19 -0400
Sorry for the confusion --

BTW, It wasn't just a Leica rep, but the president of Leica USA, Inc. And I meant that he was biased TOWARDS Leica lenses and their "superior" quality, heft, and mystique. Obviously there wasn't time to evaluate optical quality. Leica lenses ARE a cut above most lenses, especially in construction. Are they worth 2-3x most other brands? You don't want to start that discussion, but I do buy them.

Skip

At 10/29/99 08:33 PM  -0700, you wrote:
>>>Konica was NOT at the show, so no official look at the Hexar RF.  We
asked the president of Leica USA about it and he said that yesterday a
Konica rep brought one by and they were playing with it "in the back".
All the M lenses fit that they tried (and they had just about the whole
line at the show.).  He was favorably impressed with the body, but he was
less than impressed with the lenses.  That may just be his Leica bias
though.<<<

Pardon the naive question in advance: I gather from context that the Leica
rep tried Leica (M...rangefinder) lenses on a Konica body, but he was not
impressed wit the lenses which may due to his Leica bias? How can one be
biased against one's own company, Leica, at that?


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Skip Williams
Westfield, NJ
skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx
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