Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shutterbug editor Bob Shell has been contributing to the rec.photo newsgoups. Interestingly, and for whatever it's worth, this morning the following exchange was posted in a thread on the new Hassleblad 35 mm rangefinder. In response to this: > Hmmmm, extra lenses for the new Hasselblad. This is indeed an interesting > thought. I do think the rangefinder market could use some competition >and who > better than Hasselblad to stir things up a bit. Who knows, maybe the long > rumored elctronic shutter, auto exposure M6 (M7?) will appear sooner. Maybe > now it will only take half a leitzyear. Bob Shell posted this: Exactly such a camera is coming, but not from Leica. I can not say much more, but it is not a rumor and it uses the M mount (patents expired long ago). Bob Shell