Comments on: Leica V- Lux 1 ? http://digitalslrreviews.net/leica-digital-slr/leica-v-lux-1 Digital SLR Reviews to keep you up to date Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:33:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Edwin http://digitalslrreviews.net/leica-digital-slr/leica-v-lux-1/comment-page-1#comment-887 Edwin Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:19:59 +0000 http://digitalslrreviews.net/leica-digital-slr/leica-v-lux-1#comment-887 IMO your best choice is still the M8 - it is a continuation of the M series that began in 1954. Classic. Leica really hasn't been Leica since the mid 1970's when it bought cameras from Minolta. The Minolta XE-7 was modified by Minolta with a Leica lens mount and metering system and sold as the Leica R-3. Later, the Minolta XD-11 underwent the same transformation and became the Leica R-4 & R-5.<br><b>References : </b><br> IMO your best choice is still the M8 – it is a continuation of the M series that began in 1954. Classic.

Leica really hasn't been Leica since the mid 1970's when it bought cameras from Minolta. The Minolta XE-7 was modified by Minolta with a Leica lens mount and metering system and sold as the Leica R-3. Later, the Minolta XD-11 underwent the same transformation and became the Leica R-4 & R-5.
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