CV is now improving their bodies. There seems to be a good, long-term marketing plan going on, with frequent incremental upgrades in quality and features, and the company seems to listen to what customers want.
Also, CV is much more a system camera than the Konica. There are numerous accessories available for the CV cameras, from finders to meters to a plethora of lenses. And, the thing that's really nice is that, for the most part, these accessories work on Leicas, Konicas, and other older and obsolete RF bodies. The CV was produced in such a way as to be first be an entry-level camera, and, step by step, they've been upgrading and adding lenses and accessories that are compatible over a wide range of platforms. For example, there have been problems with Leica lens compatibility on the Konica Hexar RF. Such is not the case with the CV. In fact, the cameras are designed in such a way as to make better use of older Leica lenses than even Leica has done on the M models. The CV is a system in its infancy, but it is a strong player in its chosen market. The Konica is limited in many ways, although I'll grant that the body is better than earlier CV offerings. Yet, it's the CV products that are being purchased by Leicaphiles and neophytes alike while the Konicas sit on the shelves. Why? Because the product is better suited to the market and the needs of the consumer base. And, I believe it would be successful even if it were Joe Bob's Rangefinder Kamera Kumpany ... although the Voigtlander name may have helped. "Paul F. Stregevsky" wrote: > > Reputation is everything. It is questionable whether Cosina would have so > successfully broken into the RF market had it not bought the rights to the > Voigtlander name. Konica did it because it had a heritage in RFs. > > Both companies make outstanding modern RF lenses; I'd call Konica's body > outstanding, but not Cosina's. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ You can't have everything. Where would you put it? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
