Hi, Just a response to the recent posts on Russian cars. Having come back from two weeks in western Siberia, I can testify that Russian cars work very well indeed. The cars never frightened me at all. Russian driving is something else. No smiley.
As more and more western cars appear, one thing became obvious to me. The numerous small scale collisions that occur on Russian roads in winter are going to become much more expensive. Whereas before, a metal bumper would only need straightening and repainting, the new plastic sort have to be replaced. WRT MZ-S, I can report that in a day of -18+severe windchill, the camera and 28-70 2.8 never failed to work, unlike my fingers and most other extremeties. Going from that into a +20, humid cafe caused both to take a severe bath due to condensation but this also had no apparent effect. mike
