Quote Originally Posted by tao2 View Post
Ah found that with a 50mm lens, the heft, balance and handling between the Minolta and Leica was virtually indistinguishable.
Not surprising as they shared the same body casting and many of the internal elements. The shutter in that particular Leica was designed and built by Copal (Japan) after Leitz's cost problems with the in-house designed and built shutter used in the R3's predecessor, the Leicaflex SL2.