Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/11

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Subject: Re: Leica CLs & other compact rangefinders
From: dlevy@worldy.com
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 16:54:44 -0400

At 12:33  11/10/96 -0700, you wrote:
>At 03:28 PM 10/10/96 -0700, you wrote:
>   
>>     Anyway, the conjecture about the viability of a MF Rangefinder like 
>>     the CL coming out again is just wishful thinking.  I remember back in 
>
>Ah, but it has been confirmed in fact that there is a project to come out
>with what Leica is calling internally the CL2. But they didn't know if it
>would come out this or the next Photokina. Well, it looks like next now.
>And the motivation for doing so is to compete with Contax and the G1/2.
>
>===========
>Eric Welch
>Grants Pass, OR
>
Eric,
Are we talking a MF or 35mm project, I'm a little confused as to how Leica
would use a MF to compete with the G series?
>
Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto, Ont.
dlevy@worldy.com