Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> The last sentiment about hoping that Konica will be better > than these other opportunists is unsettling. If they do truly make a > much better camera than other previous and present 'Leica > copies' we are in real danger of seeing the r/f camera market leave > Leica high and dry. It's unlikely of course, in the history > of the last 75 years or so the remarkable thing is that Leica > has stayed at > the top through quality, lets hope it stays there. > > Jem > ================= > Jem - Hardly the first time I've overstated my case..:-) However...I really do disagree with your last statement...Think about it...First came Leica, then came Contax, then Nikon and Canon...all exellent rangefinders - particularly the Nikons and Contaxes...and yet Leica not only lived on, it was the only one of the four to survive. I really do hope the Konica is a really piece of quality rangefinder work because I am convinced that that will both expand the base of rangefinder users, and push Leica forward...I think there is room for both a mechanical rangefinder - the M6 - and one or more rangefinders with modern bells and whistles, either the Konica alone, or the Konica and an M7... (And while I am certainly impressed that a tiny manufacturer tried to make a new screw-mount rangefinder, given your description of its short comings...I don't know how exagerated my response was...Similarlly, it isn't even really fair to describe the "Voightlander" body as a rangefinder, given that it doesn't have one. It's a box with a shutter.) Best, B. D.