[rollei_list] Re: Re : Difficult To Load?

  • From: Robert Meier <robertmeier@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:32:44 -0500 (CDT)

The Leicaflex had a swing door too, a decade earlier than the R3.


On Jul 20, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Peter K. wrote:

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



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