Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/10

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Subject: Vs: [Leica] Bessa M
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:21:32 +0100

The 4/21 can already be seen on the Cosina web site.
All the best!
Raimo
v65 Florida
Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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Lähettäjä: stefan smith <stefan_asmith@yahoo.com>
Vastaanottaja: LUG <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Päivä: 11. maaliskuuta 2001 4:08
Aihe: [Leica] Bessa M


>
>I've heard from a camera dealer here that Cosina is to
>release a Bessa M, with same viewfinder as Bessa R,
>with framelines for 28, 35, 50, 75, 90 and 125.
>Pricing "around the same, perhaps slightly more" than
>the R. Release around the end of the year.
>
>Planned new lenses are a 125 f4 and a 21 f4 --
>rangefinder coupled -- in LTM or M. Although not sure
>whether they'll be making the other LTM lenses also in
>M-mount or just expecting users to use the adaptor.
>
>Not sure how reliable this is, but the release is only
>embargoed until Thursday and will be announced on
>www.cosina.co.jp
>
>Anyone else heard any gossip?
>