Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:56 PM 22-02-97 -0500, you wrote: >Has anybody out there ever wondered if Leica would consider building >some future rangefinder Leica on a totally different chassis? When you >consider that the current M-6 is derived from the M-3 of 1954 (and >designed years before that), you've got to wonder if some engineer at >Solms has an idea for a TOTALLY NEW Leica, one that isn't based on the >current M chassis (but keeping the M lens mount). Heresy? Or has years >of no competition (until recently) bred complacency among the Leica >design crew? I tend to think that the M chassis Leica would have >disappeared years ago if Canon, Nikon and the old Contax hadn't given up >on rangefinders like they all did back in the 60's (competition usually >dictates constant improvement). Comments? > they could call it the M5!!