Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Autofocus and Leica/ innovate or die
From: Christian Becker <chribeck@mdc-berlin.de>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:45:58 +0100

James Burris" <jabu@direct.ca> wrote:
I think that Leica will use those extra contacts in the R8 to provide a
AF possible R9 with a few AF lenses along the  line of Canon's
Ultrasonic lenses.

Since the Leicaflex's SL Viewfinder construction and selective meter
Leica has been unable to offer real innovations in it's reflex line. 
To my mind AF would be catching up with the C/N/M. Since Leica has
developed into a niche product and it's customers are mainly elderly
people who hate changes/innovations/new thoughts (although that's what
live is - changing), Leica should better stay away from experiments with
new technology. 

Christian

Now we have only to wait for the standard comments from the Lug gang.