Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/10

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Subject: Re: Konica releases the Hexar Lens for M mount in Japan
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 10:33:56 -0400
 
At 07:27 AM 10-04-97 -0400, you wrote:
>Found this very interesting tidbit while surfing this morning. Since the
>English translation is miserable it might be a mistake of interpretation,
>but, it seems that Konica has released the Hexar lens in the Leica M mount.
>The URL of the article (about compact cameras; mostly the Ricoh GR1), as
>well as the direct quoted passage from it, are below:
>
>http://www.impress.co.jp/photo/ipmj/thunder/thunder16/thunder-e.html
>
>>>Like the independant release of the Konika Hekisa lens with the Leica
>>>mount, this lens would be great if it had the Leica mount,.. well that's
>>>what I think.<<
>
>Danny Gonzalez

Could they be referring to the lenses that Adorama sells in M-mount,
presumably produced by a Japanese company (maybe Konica)?

Dan C.