Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> So, before I buy a D30..... can somebody ask Leica at the NY Expo when they >>> are going to produce a Digital M or R camera???? >> >> Duane, this is exactly what I'd like to know also ... >> >> If you get the answer, please let me know ! > >Isn't that a little like saying, "Before I buy a new hybrid gas-electric >Toyota Prius...can somebody please ask Lotus when they're going to produce >one?"? > >Wouldn't you go to the people who develop the technology, are experts in it, >and have the capital to develop it properly? Why would you want to buy a >variant from soembody who doesn't have any of those advantages? > >--Oft-mystified Mike mike, for an enlightening discussion of this point, go to the archives and search under the following topics: - - m7 - - ae m - - electronic m6 - - etc. just after the hexar was born, many luggers hooted and hollered for an electronic m, with autoexposure, faster flash sync, higher shutter speed, etc., etc. don't know how many of them (few, i'll bet) actually bought a hexar, but the clammoring has died down of late. guy