Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stephen wrote: > > The story that I have heard is that Leica has replaced Minolta with > Yashica as their Japanese connection. > > Speculation is that an updated G2 with M style lenses could be in our > future. > > Imagine the Zeiss G2 lenses in M mount. > > Ironically, Yashica got into the focal plane 35mm business by buying out > Nicca in the early 60's. Nicca made among the most innovative Leica > screw mount copies. It would be very interesting if they end up making > Leica copies again. > > Whether this is the M mount camera now being tested in Japan, as I > mentioned several months ago, I am not sure. The info came from > different sources. > > Stephen Gandy Checking my calendar. Mm, nope its not April 1, what gives? BR Dennis - -- Experience is a tough teacher. It gives the test before the lesson. - -unknown