On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:19:58 -0400, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What could possibly be lower on the food chain than a FED? >
Depends on how you see it. I find Feds (and Zorkis, Kievs, etc) to be fascinating examples of how camera design will evolve without market forces and competition as we know it shaping it. Besides: Feds and Zorkis as copies of Leicas, but so were early Canons and many cameras made in the west. Everybody was copying Leica in the 30's-50's. Nikon was copying Contax. Interestingly, Kievs are not Contax copies, but Contax clones, made with a lot of the same machinery used up until the war by Zeiss, which was taken by the Soviets (with the blessings of the US and UK) as war reparations. And last, there are some very nice lenses on Leica screw mount. They are cheap, and good examples are not hard to find. j (tape on my camera, and a Russian lens...) -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog
