On Sunday, April 3, 2005, at 04:12 PM, TrueBadger@xxxxxxx wrote: > I find it curious that in this lengthy discussion of rangefinder > cameras that > there was no commentary on the fact that the first Nikons were copies > of the > contax, and that the first Canons were copies of the Leica III series. Nikons were only copies of Contax in the rangefinder/viewfinder design, and not exact copies. The Nikon shutter was copied from Leica. Bob