Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Speaking of Leica at NY Photo Expo
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:25:54 -0500

At 07:25 AM 11/17/1999 -0800, Eric Welch wrote:
>
>Could it be that Leica abandoned the LTM years and years ago, and it's only 
>collectors and people who like antique cameras who still use that mount? It 
>would be crazy to hobble all their lenses with a mount that's used less and 
>less as time goes by. The competitive LTM cameras are a tiny fraction of 
>their market.

Eric

I am not disputing your basic point, but bear in mind that probably ten
times as many FED and Zorki LTM cameras have been manufactured (and, in the
case of the FED, are still being manufactured) as all of the combined
production of Leica, Canon, and Nikon in the LTM mount.

Marc

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