At 06:54 12/16/01, you wrote:
>Minolta's major achievement with the TC-1?
>IMO, it's creating the most expensive "fixed focal length" miniature P&S
>camera. There must be something very special about it that I've missed
>(beyond its titanium body).
>-- John
Wouldn't that honour go to the Ricoh GR21?
AndrewF
Mea Culpa. You're right; forgot about that one. Change that to:
"one of the most expensive 'fixed focal length' miniature P&S cameras, only
exceeded by the $1100 Ricoh GR-21."
Looking at their specs, the only thing I can think of is their respective
marketing departments are chasing after those who want "status symbol wrist
jewelry" in the form of a camera. Almost up to the price of a Contax G2
kit with 45/2 Carl Zeiss Planar and TLA-200 flash.
Not a new concept, the original Contax T from the early 1980's was accused
of this with its *ruby* shutter release button. It's a superb camera with
exceptional optics, but it didn't *need* the ruby functionally.
-- John
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