Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/05

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Subject: [Leica] New M, was: New 90mm Lens for M?
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 16:30:10 +0200
 
Adrian Bradshaw wrote:

>As for the new M - well I have heard that a new shutter is deemed a
>necessity and that these days, guess what, but the Japanese are the
>only practical source for state of the art technology 
>(CF the R8 which has a Copal shutter). 
>So I guess we may see something in the M line that shares a
>lot of the technology and even parts of the R8 which 
>would keep development and production costs down and as a 
>gesture to the traditionalists an updated M6 with TTL flash 
>or info in the finder perhaps?? 
>(This is my guesswork here not some inside scoop). 

It's true that the Contax G2 and the Contax AX share the same 
shutter and the G2 and M6 have the same size and weight.

Lucien