Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:WARNING: THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL! : :LUGers, :I heard this afternoon, that Leica is coming back :with 3 lenses in LTM, for the first time since 1964. :35/1,4 ASPH, 50/1,4 and 50/2. :The prices seem to be close to the bayonet versions. :Is this a joke ? :My source is normally reliable, but I don't know about his own source. :If it's true, it may be a nice move. :To challenge Konica, Cosina and Minolta on their own ground :instead of waiting in Solms Castle. :Lucien Dear Lucien I suspect this because I thik that Cosina products (lenses and finders) have irritated Leica staff, and if it's true that there will be a new screw mount camera (with built in meter and of course a built in rangefinder) named Voigtlander... never say never we will meet a new screw mount camera from Solms before the new M7? Guido Ridoli LEICA M SUPERFAN guirid@numerica.it :