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Subject: [Leica] Eich bein ein Cologner - NOT!
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Sat Sep 30 23:35:40 2006
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Lucien
I speak about wide angle frame lines, not magnification. Can't remember that 
there ever was a leica with 21mm brightlines in the finder.
Didier


>Didier,
>Wasn't the M 0,58 made by Leica ?
>;-)
>A nice move, but not a great success.
>Lucien
>
>
>>Most releases were presented before the photokina or in the first  
>>two days. Nothing to blog about afterwards. Except the announcement  
>>from Mr. K of Cosina to produce a Voigtlander Bessa R4a/R4m RF  
>>camera with 21/25/28/35/50 framelines (TomA and S. Gandy even  
>>proposed to drop the 50 framelines in favor of a 40). As usual, Mr.  
>>K did not choose the glaring lights of the photokina boothes for  
>>that, but a discrete hotel room, just with a few handpicked guests.
>>
>>Btw I find the idea of a strictly wide angle oriented rangefinder  
>>camera very consequent and fascinating. Leica has got another "not  
>>invented here" problem.
>>
>>Didier





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