You left out Exaktas and Alpas. They too were big, and while the
former was good, even groundbreaking in its time, the latter was a
lovely thing, even if the film advance was bass akwards. Would
that I could get my hands on an Alpa outfit today for less than a
king's ransom!
And now for a bit of heresy: I say the old Takumar 50/1.8 is
better than the Zuiko 50/1.8. So there.
Walt, who has (and loves) 22 Zuikos but only one Takumar.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:57:05 -0400
>Certainly there may have been exceptions, Walt. But that Pentax
>was an aberration - look at the Nikons, Pentaxes, Mirandas,
>Minoltas, etc., that came out post-1960 and pre-OM1. And compare
>the lenses for those cameras with the compact Zuikos. But when
>the OM hit the market, the real shrinkage began.
>
>B. D.
>
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