Karen Nakamura wrote:
The Leica CL was a joint production. You'll find Leica CL, Minolta
CL, and Leica Minolta CLs around:
http://photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/LeicaCL.html
Rumors are that the CL was discontinued after 3 short years (1973-76)
because at half the price, it was undercutting sales of the Leica
M4-2.
The MInolta CLE was not officially authorized by Leica.
A lot of Leica photographer would disagree that the Leica/Minolta R3
is a better camera than the Leica SL2 which it replaced. Early ones
had many production and mechanical/electronic difficulties. The R4
was similarly plagued. This has meant the used pricec of Leica SL and
SL2 has remained very high.
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Karen,
I have a PJ friend who bought into the Leica mystique and purchased 2 R6s for his
work. After continuous SLR failures and repairs he moved to Canon and never had a
problem. Today he uses Canon DSLRs. It has been said the R3 and R4 was among the
better SLRs, but that is all I know about those models.
Peter K
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