Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Welcome back to Erwin. Perhaps the discussion can be kept civil and Erwin will stick around for some time. Leica has not made their own filters for quite some time, and some of the literature Leitz put out in the 70's and 80's was misleading on this. Perhaps Erwin could give us some insight here as to who is making filters for Leica, or are there various suppliers? On several visits to the Solms factory, I have noticed many boxes with the HOYA name on them. I presume these to be lens blanks to be made into elements. As to the VanRiper article, I specifically asked Herr Cohn about the MF and M6 AE camera. I reported this in VF in the Photokina 2000 story. He denied that Leica has any plans for a MF camera and that his discussion at dinner with VanRiper and several other journalists was misinterpreted. As to the M6 AE, he would not commit his remarks to be published. I have been told for at least the last three years by various sources that this camera is coming, but I wonder in who's lifetime. I am always amazed at how long it takes Leica to do what others have done 20 years ago. For instance, SLR's, hot shoes, rewind cranks, TTL flash metering, etc. Back to the future! Not that I don't love Leica, but it can be an extremely frustrating wait for innovation to arrive. Bill Rosauer