Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/21

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Meta Photokina
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:59:12 -0400

Same as Jaguars?:-)

B. D.

But wait a minute, you mean that they'll try to give us some electronic
piece of shit rather than an all-mechanical digital camera?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Martin
> Howard
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:40 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Meta Photokina
>
>
> Emanuel Lowi jotted down the following:
>
> > a digital M option is
> > in the works.
>
> It would seem to be a logical step.  It would be nice if they
> teamed up with
> Nikon -- using Nikon's digital technology (from the D1) and ensuring
> backward compatibility with either M or R glass.
>
> Yeah, like *that's* ever going to happen.
>
> The only worrying thing is that a digital Leica R or M is going
> to have lots
> of electronics in it.  And we know what Leica's track record with
> electronics is, don't we boys and girls...?
>
> M.
>
> --
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