[rollei_list] Re: Leica and Contax
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:55:35 -0400
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
As Richard pointed out, some of the lenses were copies of Zeiss
formulations.
Eric Goldstein
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