As used on the first Minolta made Leica SLR. Leica was too stupid to use it on their M but it was ok to use it on their SLRs. On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > At 12:17 PM 7/20/2010, Peter K. wrote: > >> I will differ too. For me it was the biggest PITA to change films. You >> could really never do it quickly, or even as quick as the Minolta style >> hinged door. >> > > Why do you keep calling this the "Minolta style hinged door"? The use of > hinged doors on miniature-format cameras goes back to the Prewar Exakta and > Praktica cameras. What was different about the Minolta door? > > > Marc > > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > -- Peter K Ó¿Õ¬