As anyone experience with Alpa cameras. I have been searching the internet and looking at the Kern Macro Switar images, a standard lens on the Alpa, and they look beautiful. What is the recommended Alpa body to go for? I have even heard the Swiss lenses rival or even surpass the German lenses. Thanks, Marvin. -----Original Message----- From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Austin Franklin Sent: 28 September 2009 21:56 To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Capa's Cameras Hi Marc, > The GT-40 made by ERA are not regarded as > "copies" within the car community: they are > "developments". Understood, and agreed. But, who makes that distinction between "copy" and "development"? As I said, there technically is no such thing as a copy...no two physical things are %100 identical. Even if one of the milling machines used has a better tolerance, that is technically an improvement, and therefore could possibly not be considered a "copy". Changing material, for say the mount, could also make it not a "copy". Unfortunate that semantics is(are ;-)... Regards, Austin --- 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 --- 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