Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/23

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica prototype
From: "Roger Beamon" <roger@beamon.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:15:34 -0700

On 23 Jun 99, Andre Jean Quintal wrote, at least in part:

>  -- it would, perhaps, make more sense to develop
>   a totally different product that banks
>   on LEICA optics.
>   I'd tend to vote for a black titanium body rangefinder
>   that looks like an SLR, has auto everything,

<snip>

Yuck, Andre! I wouldn't go near that 'dream camera'. Precisely 
why I sold my EOS 1n kit. 

It's "horses for courses" for me. That's why I own an M6 and a 
R6.2. I do recognize, however, the enormity of that market; just 
hope that Leica doesn't pursue it.

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Roger
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