Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Herr Cohn und Drang
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:22:40 -0700

TSL wrote:
> 
> From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
> Subject: [Leica] Herr Cohn und Drang
> 
> >>>"There will be no M7"<<<
> 
> Sounds almost ominous. EVER?!?
> 
> - --Mike
> --------------------
> 
> I've always been against having an M7 out there.  But this sentence (I
> wasn't there) seems like someone died.  I have this image of him saying this
> in slow motion, reverberating around the room, everyone stunned with jaws
> dropped - the whole thing about a minute long, then back to normal.
> Still, however it sounds it's good.  M6 will become something 'too'
> dissimilar as time goes on.   The ttl is enough. An M7 is fine just change
> the first letter.

It's not as if they've lined up and shot their research and development
department. They've added TTL a nice touch, I'm sure other nice touches are in
store. And there are other Leicas still to come. Why rethink perfection? I'm
sorry I love the camera. I'm sure others will have added contexts as to the quote.
Mark Rabiner