[Leica] Re: [CVUG] Details on the new CV offerings!

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard F. Man)]

Thanks Karen, the plot thickens....

At 04:20 AM 9/18/2004, Karen Nakamura wrote:
>...
>* They are not long-baselength rangefinders (I don't know where Bob Shell 
>got his info that the new long baselength Zeiss is based on the R3A,  it 
>might be but obviously not the rangefinder). The optical BL of the new 
>R2A/R3a is the same as in the R2.

 From the mock up picture, it is clear that the new Zeiss has a much longer 
baselength than the R2/3s. So why would they do that if they are basing it 
on the R3A? A long baselength + 1.0 mag. would be a killer combo for high 
accuracy needed lens like the Noctilux, 75/1.4 etc. no?

Of course, there's the all important Q of digital or film... I wonder if 
this is one of the most successful teaser campaigns in camera introduction 
history,


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