Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jack, The Minilux is a Leica response to the Contax G1. It is not a true Leica and certainly not a descendant of the CL. The CL was a revolutionary concept and had many good features, including small size and a great viewfinder. I also could use many Leica lenses. The Minilux appears to be an also-run. I think that a successor to the M6 must have all of the M6 features: depth of focus scales on the lenses and should be a manual camera first. Some automation would be welcome for those rare occasions. In fact, I am proud of being able to operate a manual camera. I am an amateur and have plenty of time. If I were a press photographer, I would probably want a different camera system. I hope that Leica will not follow Contax. Somehow, I believe that the spirit that was behind Leica for many decades cannot and should not be transferred to another country. A copy of a Rembrandt is not a Rembrandt. Not every cubist was Picasso. Many regards, >-- [ From: Jack Hamilton * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- > >I have been watching this thread develop for the past couple of weeks...and >so I have an idea or two...and a forecast to throw into the "ring." > >I think that "prototype" of the Leica of the future has come onto the >market...and it's termed "Leica Mini-lux." > >Now I'm not talking about their $200-300 plastic "toys" that Leica refers >to as "Mini." > >Rather, I'm talking about their titanium $1000 competitor to the lesser >"Contax." It features an excellent "electronic" rangefinder focus >system...in a view-finder system that even us bi-focaled middle-agers can >easily use. And its 40mm f2.4 lens is no "slouch" and is every bit a Leica >lens as there ever was. > >So, I think that you folks will happily find the Black Forest Gremlins >coming out with the "Leica CL2"...which will be a "deluxe" mini-lux with >interchangeable lenses. > >These gremlins have mastered the art of designing and using German glass >and lens coatings and then supervising them being put into Japanese >(Panasonic) built bodies. > >And it's a marriage that I don't think will end up in divorce court soon. > >Sorry, but I don't think that Black Forest Gremlins will do away with the >classic "M" cameras...or drastically change them. For what they were >designed to do, they are still "world-class!" > >I think that Leica was testing the waters with the "Mini-Lux" and you will >soon probably see the version of it with interchangeable lenses...and a >price tag competitive with the Contax G series. > >...AND SO... > >Enter the Leica CL2... > >Cordially, >Jack Hamilton >Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA > >jack.hamilton@internetMCI.com > > ******************************** Pax et Lux, Chris Fortunko, Boulder, CO home phone: (303)-494-7246 home e-mail: FortunkoC@aol.com ********************************