Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>So, archive this, come back in a year and re-read it and see how well >my crystal ball is working. Okay. Here's my prediction. Not one of your predictions will come to pass, except the R AF system being years away. Nobody will want Leica lenses being loaded onto their cameras. It will hurt sales to have better independent lenses than their own. And Leica already has a new M body in the works. My prediction is next Photokina there will be an all-new rangefinder with all the trimmings. Then we'll have a true "Thanksgiving day." Not that the current M6 is bad, mind you. But for Leica to make the changes you propose, will kill them with the current Leica crowd. Their market research (mentioned in Leica Photography a few years ago) has already told them that. The new M will have to be long on tradition while adding the new, necessary features. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch According to my calculations, the problem doesn't exist.