Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New Leica M Models! Latest news!
From: Andre Jean Quintal <megamax@abacom.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:12:53 -0400

At 22:29 -0500 15/08/98, Eric Welch wrote:
[ . . . ]
>>A 135mm-M 3.4 is coming and an APO 90/2 -M
>
>Which would explain the discontinuing of the 135 f/4. And my money is on
>both M and R 90 Summicron APO/ASPH.
>--
>Eric Welch

	"MY" money is on :

	1/ a wild new LEICA 28mm ASPH, both R and M.
	Possibly f/2. Possibly APO. Possibly Summicron in basic concept.
	The "R" variant with "perspective control". A very new "pro" look.

	2/ something new between the Leica M and the Minilux,
	a "glorified" Minilux but not quite a Leica M [ ! ! ! ] . Ttl
flash, f/2.8,
	less plastic, looks more akin to the Leica R8, point and shoot
	autofocus, autowind, waterproofed to >10 meters: the MiDilux - UW . . .
	Composite outer shell. Fool proofed. Child friendly.

	3/ a LEICA slide scanner with laser autofocus and dynamic
	color balance, fast CCD ... and LEICA internal optics. Computer 1/3
height
	variant. Desktop self-contained variant.

	Andre Jean Quintal

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